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Dhandal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhandal is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 128 families residing. The Dhandal village has population of 659 of which 352 are males while 307 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhandal village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 9.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhandal village is 872 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhandal as per census is 800, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhandal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhandal village was 78.52 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhandal Male literacy stands at 83.28 % while female literacy rate was 73.12 %.

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

Dhandal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 128 - -
Population 659 352 307
Child (0-6) 63 35 28
Schedule Caste 178 97 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.52 % 83.28 % 73.12 %
Total Workers 197 182 15
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 15 7 8

Caste Factor

Dhandal village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.01 % of total population in Dhandal village. The village Dhandal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhandal village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 92.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.