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Dhawan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhawan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 168 families residing. The Dhawan village has population of 954 of which 500 are males while 454 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhawan village is 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhawan as per census is 656, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhawan village was 74.06 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhawan Male literacy stands at 79.13 % while female literacy rate was 68.69 %.

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

Dhawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 954 500 454
Child (0-6) 106 64 42
Schedule Caste 295 154 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.06 % 79.13 % 68.69 %
Total Workers 295 272 23
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Dhawan village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.92 % of total population in Dhawan village. The village Dhawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhawan village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 98.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.