Gandwan Population - Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab

Gandwan is a medium size village located in Bassi Pathana Tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab with total 163 families residing. The Gandwan village has population of 916 of which 492 are males while 424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 10.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandwan village is 862 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandwan as per census is 878, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gandwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandwan village was 77.79 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gandwan Male literacy stands at 81.26 % while female literacy rate was 73.75 %.

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

Gandwan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	916	492	424
Child (0-6)	92	49	43
Schedule Caste	393	212	181
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.79 %	81.26 %	73.75 %
Total Workers	316	283	33
Main Worker	216	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	98	2

Caste Factor

In Gandwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.90 % of total population in Gandwan village. The village Gandwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandwan village out of total population, 316 were engaged in work activities. 68.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 316 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.