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Mehngerwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mehngerwal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 211 families residing. The Mehngerwal village has population of 971 of which 496 are males while 475 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehngerwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 8.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehngerwal village is 958 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehngerwal as per census is 889, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehngerwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehngerwal village was 84.88 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehngerwal Male literacy stands at 90.69 % while female literacy rate was 78.85 %.

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

Mehngerwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 971 496 475
Child (0-6) 85 45 40
Schedule Caste 446 239 207
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.88 % 90.69 % 78.85 %
Total Workers 304 255 49
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 67 37 30

Caste Factor

In Mehngerwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.93 % of total population in Mehngerwal village. The village Mehngerwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehngerwal village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 77.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.