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Dostpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dostpur is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 348 families residing. The Dostpur village has population of 2135 of which 1102 are males while 1033 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dostpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dostpur village is 937 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dostpur as per census is 742, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dostpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dostpur village was 68.57 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dostpur Male literacy stands at 73.10 % while female literacy rate was 63.86 %.

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

Dostpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 2,135 1,102 1,033
Child (0-6) 223 128 95
Schedule Caste 321 162 159
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.57 % 73.10 % 63.86 %
Total Workers 620 580 40
Main Worker 614 - -
Marginal Worker 6 5 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.04 % of total population in Dostpur village. The village Dostpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dostpur village out of total population, 620 were engaged in work activities. 99.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 620 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 282 were Agricultural labourer.