Parowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Parowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 270 families residing. The Parowal village has population of 1253 of which 646 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 9.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parowal village is 940 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Parowal as per census is 862, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Parowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Parowal village was 79.51 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Parowal Male literacy stands at 84.51 % while female literacy rate was 74.23 %.

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

Parowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	270	-	-
Population	1,253	646	607
Child (0-6)	121	65	56
Schedule Caste	812	407	405
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.51 %	84.51 %	74.23 %
Total Workers	359	331	28
Main Worker	355	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Parowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.80 % of total population in Parowal village. The village Parowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parowal village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 98.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.