Sandhwan Population - Faridkot, Punjab

Sandhwan is a large village located in Faridkot Tehsil of Faridkot district, Punjab with total 1242 families residing. The Sandhwan village has population of 6080 of which 3203 are males while 2877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 769 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandhwan village is 898 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandhwan as per census is 849, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sandhwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandhwan village was 59.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sandhwan Male literacy stands at 67.60 % while female literacy rate was 51.23 %.

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

Sandhwan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	1,242	-	-
Population	6,080	3,203	2,877
Child (0-6)	769	416	353
Schedule Caste	4,441	2,329	2,112
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.82 %	67.60 %	51.23 %
Total Workers	2,136	1,826	310
Main Worker	1,696	-	-
Marginal Worker	440	361	79

Caste Factor

In Sandhwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.04 % of total population in Sandhwan village. The village Sandhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sandhwan village out of total population, 2136 were engaged in work activities. 79.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2136 workers engaged in Main Work, 238 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 896 were Agricultural labourer.