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Desal Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Desal is a medium size village located in Kapurthala Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 266 families residing. The Desal village has population of 1433 of which 763 are males while 670 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Desal village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Desal village is 878 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Desal as per census is 1012, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Desal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Desal village was 68.43 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Desal Male literacy stands at 72.90 % while female literacy rate was 63.25 %.

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

Desal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,433 763 670
Child (0-6) 169 84 85
Schedule Caste 1,161 614 547
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.43 % 72.90 % 63.25 %
Total Workers 517 431 86
Main Worker 507 - -
Marginal Worker 10 9 1

Caste Factor

In Desal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.02 % of total population in Desal village. The village Desal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Desal village out of total population, 517 were engaged in work activities. 98.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 517 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.