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Jalwehra Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Jalwehra is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 157 families residing. The Jalwehra village has population of 616 of which 310 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalwehra village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 7.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalwehra village is 987 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalwehra as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jalwehra village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalwehra village was 82.22 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jalwehra Male literacy stands at 89.86 % while female literacy rate was 74.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jalwehra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jalwehra village.

Jalwehra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 616 310 306
Child (0-6) 48 24 24
Schedule Caste 167 85 82
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.22 % 89.86 % 74.47 %
Total Workers 237 162 75
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

Jalwehra village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.11 % of total population in Jalwehra village. The village Jalwehra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jalwehra village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 97.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.