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Dherian Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Dherian is a medium size village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 265 families residing. The Dherian village has population of 1242 of which 645 are males while 597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dherian village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dherian village is 926 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dherian as per census is 969, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dherian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dherian village was 75.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dherian Male literacy stands at 80.72 % while female literacy rate was 69.72 %.

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

Dherian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,242 645 597
Child (0-6) 126 64 62
Schedule Caste 929 469 460
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.45 % 80.72 % 69.72 %
Total Workers 497 370 127
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 44 20 24

Caste Factor

In Dherian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.80 % of total population in Dherian village. The village Dherian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dherian village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 91.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.