Garhshankar

Garhshankar is a town in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Panchayat Samiti of Hoshiarpur district.

As on November 2024, the current population of Garhshankar is 19 thousands out of which 9.9 thousands are males and rest 9.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 922 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.8 thousands teenagers in Garhshankar. It has literacy rate of 77% which means around 14.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 7.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 4.1 thousands households in Garhshankar, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 6.2 thousands.

Garhshankar Panchayat Samiti

Mehakmeet Singh is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Garhshankar, who can be contacted at email address ep.hspgsr@gmail.com and mobile number 98141xxx90. The Block landline number is 01884-28**37. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Sarabjit Kaur, who can be reached at email address bdpogarhshankar@gmail.com and mobile number 94636xxx35. The Block address is Block Development & Panchayat Officer, Hoshiarpur Road, Near Pwd Rest House Garhshankar Distt. Hsp, Pincode - 144527. You can reach there by taking a bus till Bus Stop Garhshankar which is around 2 km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.Garhshankar Panchayat Samiti consists of total 145 Gram Panchayat.

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