Hoshiarpur is one of 22 districts located in north Indian state Punjab. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Hoshiarpur district, and there are total 1416 villages and 4 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Hoshiarpur district is 38 and number of houses in this district is 273278.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1290258. Out of total 1290258, male population count is 654640, where as female population count is 635618 in Hoshiarpur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 137908 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 137908 children 73955 are boys and 63953 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Hoshiarpur district is 74%. 967084 out of total 1290258 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 78% and 513473 males are literate out of total 654640 male population, where as female literacy rate is 28% and 453611 out of total 635618 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Hoshiarpur district is 25%. 323174 out of total 1290258 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 21% and 141167 males are illiterate out of total 654640 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 28% and 182007 out of total 635618 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Hoshiarpur district is 397190 and non-working population is 893068 and out of 397190 working population 80739 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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