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Dakhla Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dakhla is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 92 families residing. The Dakhla village has population of 562 of which 297 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhla village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhla village is 892 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhla as per census is 1136, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dakhla village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhla village was 60.97 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dakhla Male literacy stands at 68.73 % while female literacy rate was 52.08 %.

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

Dakhla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 562 297 265
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 27 16 11
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.97 % 68.73 % 52.08 %
Total Workers 194 183 11
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.80 % of total population in Dakhla village. The village Dakhla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakhla village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 97.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.