Dhakowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dhakowal is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 256 families residing. The Dhakowal village has population of 1229 of which 649 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 10.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakowal village is 894 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakowal as per census is 955, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhakowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakowal village was 84.09 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhakowal Male literacy stands at 88.51 % while female literacy rate was 79.11 %.

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

Dhakowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	256	-	-
Population	1,229	649	580
Child (0-6)	129	66	63
Schedule Caste	744	397	347
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.09 %	88.51 %	79.11 %
Total Workers	370	325	45
Main Worker	302	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	55	13

Caste Factor

In Dhakowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.54 % of total population in Dhakowal village. The village Dhakowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhakowal village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 81.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.