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Danwal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Danwal is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 85 families residing. The Danwal village has population of 459 of which 244 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Danwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 11.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Danwal village is 881 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Danwal as per census is 742, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Danwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Danwal village was 79.75 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Danwal Male literacy stands at 84.51 % while female literacy rate was 74.48 %.

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

Danwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 459 244 215
Child (0-6) 54 31 23
Schedule Caste 153 77 76
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.75 % 84.51 % 74.48 %
Total Workers 138 126 12
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 67 58 9

Caste Factor

Danwal village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.33 % of total population in Danwal village. The village Danwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Danwal village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 51.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.