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Mehmadwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mehmadwal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 298 families residing. The Mehmadwal village has population of 1351 of which 710 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehmadwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 9.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehmadwal village is 903 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehmadwal as per census is 731, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Mehmadwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehmadwal village was 81.00 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehmadwal Male literacy stands at 84.97 % while female literacy rate was 76.71 %.

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

Mehmadwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 298 - -
Population 1,351 710 641
Child (0-6) 135 78 57
Schedule Caste 453 231 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.00 % 84.97 % 76.71 %
Total Workers 491 340 151
Main Worker 399 - -
Marginal Worker 92 28 64

Caste Factor

Mehmadwal village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.53 % of total population in Mehmadwal village. The village Mehmadwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehmadwal village out of total population, 491 were engaged in work activities. 81.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 491 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.