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Waghewala Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Waghewala is a medium size village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 239 families residing. The Waghewala village has population of 1346 of which 735 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Waghewala village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Waghewala village is 831 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Waghewala as per census is 491, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Waghewala village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Waghewala village was 70.55 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Waghewala Male literacy stands at 76.08 % while female literacy rate was 64.34 %.

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

Waghewala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,346 735 611
Child (0-6) 161 108 53
Schedule Caste 602 334 268
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.55 % 76.08 % 64.34 %
Total Workers 650 420 230
Main Worker 645 - -
Marginal Worker 5 0 5

Caste Factor

In Waghewala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.73 % of total population in Waghewala village. The village Waghewala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Waghewala village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 99.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 279 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 248 were Agricultural labourer.