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Gandhwan Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Gandhwan is a medium size village located in Khanna Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 93 families residing. The Gandhwan village has population of 495 of which 263 are males while 232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 9.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhwan village is 882 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhwan as per census is 880, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gandhwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhwan village was 80.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gandhwan Male literacy stands at 84.03 % while female literacy rate was 76.19 %.

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

Gandhwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 495 263 232
Child (0-6) 47 25 22
Schedule Caste 140 71 69
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.36 % 84.03 % 76.19 %
Total Workers 184 169 15
Main Worker 180 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

Gandhwan village of Ludhiana has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.28 % of total population in Gandhwan village. The village Gandhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhwan village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 97.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.