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Dhesian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhesian is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 163 families residing. The Dhesian village has population of 848 of which 441 are males while 407 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhesian village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhesian village is 923 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhesian as per census is 1130, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhesian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhesian village was 69.20 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhesian Male literacy stands at 74.43 % while female literacy rate was 63.38 %.

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

Dhesian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 848 441 407
Child (0-6) 98 46 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.20 % 74.43 % 63.38 %
Total Workers 279 253 26
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 47 42 5

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dhesian village of Gurdaspur district.

Work Profile

In Dhesian village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 83.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.