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Dhobra Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhobra is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 239 families residing. The Dhobra village has population of 1204 of which 648 are males while 556 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobra village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobra village is 858 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobra as per census is 658, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhobra village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobra village was 84.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhobra Male literacy stands at 89.57 % while female literacy rate was 77.76 %.

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

Dhobra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,204 648 556
Child (0-6) 121 73 48
Schedule Caste 321 169 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.03 % 89.57 % 77.76 %
Total Workers 343 310 33
Main Worker 306 - -
Marginal Worker 37 32 5

Caste Factor

Dhobra village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.66 % of total population in Dhobra village. The village Dhobra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhobra village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 89.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.