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Kharkuwal Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Kharkuwal is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 135 families residing. The Kharkuwal village has population of 663 of which 344 are males while 319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharkuwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 8.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharkuwal village is 927 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharkuwal as per census is 897, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kharkuwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharkuwal village was 75.49 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kharkuwal Male literacy stands at 79.68 % while female literacy rate was 70.99 %.

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

Kharkuwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 135 - -
Population 663 344 319
Child (0-6) 55 29 26
Schedule Caste 662 343 319
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.49 % 79.68 % 70.99 %
Total Workers 214 174 40
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 102 73 29

Caste Factor

In Kharkuwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.85 % of total population in Kharkuwal village. The village Kharkuwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharkuwal village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 52.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.