Purkhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Purkhowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 189 families residing. The Purkhowal village has population of 944 of which 481 are males while 463 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purkhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purkhowal village is 963 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Purkhowal as per census is 981, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Purkhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Purkhowal village was 84.59 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Purkhowal Male literacy stands at 89.23 % while female literacy rate was 79.76 %.

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

Purkhowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	189	-	-
Population	944	481	463
Child (0-6)	107	54	53
Schedule Caste	588	301	287
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.59 %	89.23 %	79.76 %
Total Workers	386	264	122
Main Worker	293	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	21	72

Caste Factor

In Purkhowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.29 % of total population in Purkhowal village. The village Purkhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purkhowal village out of total population, 386 were engaged in work activities. 75.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 386 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.