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Dakhla Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dakhla is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 90 families residing. The Dakhla village has population of 479 of which 233 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhla village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 8.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhla village is 1056 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhla as per census is 1263, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dakhla village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhla village was 81.19 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dakhla Male literacy stands at 88.79 % while female literacy rate was 73.87 %.

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 90 - -
Population 479 233 246
Child (0-6) 43 19 24
Schedule Caste 156 71 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.19 % 88.79 % 73.87 %
Total Workers 140 117 23
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

Dakhla village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.57 % 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, 140 were engaged in work activities. 97.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.