Achharwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Achharwal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 218 families residing. The Achharwal village has population of 982 of which 493 are males while 489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Achharwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 9.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Achharwal village is 992 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Achharwal as per census is 824, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Achharwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Achharwal village was 82.11 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Achharwal Male literacy stands at 86.20 % while female literacy rate was 78.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Achharwal 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 Achharwal village.

Achharwal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	218	-	-
Population	982	493	489
Child (0-6)	93	51	42
Schedule Caste	485	244	241
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.11 %	86.20 %	78.08 %
Total Workers	320	263	57
Main Worker	189	-	-
Marginal Worker	131	97	34

Caste Factor

In Achharwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.39 % of total population in Achharwal village. The village Achharwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Achharwal village out of total population, 320 were engaged in work activities. 59.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 320 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.