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Okandwala Population - Faridkot, Punjab

Okandwala is a medium size village located in Jaitu Tehsil of Faridkot district, Punjab with total 256 families residing. The Okandwala village has population of 1291 of which 672 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okandwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 9.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okandwala village is 921 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Okandwala as per census is 1103, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Okandwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Okandwala village was 65.78 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Okandwala Male literacy stands at 73.29 % while female literacy rate was 57.48 %.

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

Okandwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,291 672 619
Child (0-6) 122 58 64
Schedule Caste 418 217 201
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.78 % 73.29 % 57.48 %
Total Workers 435 412 23
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 39 24 15

Caste Factor

Okandwala village of Faridkot has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.38 % of total population in Okandwala village. The village Okandwala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Okandwala village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 91.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.