Garhshankar (MCI) is a City and Muncipal Council located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab. Garhshankar city has 3678 housholds and town is divided into 13 wards. Garhshankar city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.
As per the Census India 2011, Garhshankar city has population of 16955 of which 8823 are males and 8132 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1796 which is 10.59% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Garhshankar city is around
922 compared to
895 which is average of Punjab state. The literacy rate of Garhshankar city is 76.9% out of which 79.7% males are literate and 73.86% females are literate. There are 39.63% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Garhshankar city.
Garhshankar Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 16955 | 100% |
| Hindu | 13151 | 77.56% |
| Sikh | 3336 | 19.68% |
| Muslim | 262 | 1.55% |
| Buddhist | 110 | 0.65% |
| Christian | 71 | 0.42% |
| Religion not stated | 25 | 0.15% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 0 | 0% |
| Jain | 0 | 0% |
List of Wards in Garhshankar
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