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Dhandwar Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Dhandwar is a medium size village located in Phillaur Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 278 families residing. The Dhandwar village has population of 1344 of which 677 are males while 667 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhandwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhandwar village is 985 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhandwar as per census is 803, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhandwar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhandwar village was 86.37 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhandwar Male literacy stands at 89.69 % while female literacy rate was 83.06 %.

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

Dhandwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 278 - -
Population 1,344 677 667
Child (0-6) 119 66 53
Schedule Caste 479 227 252
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.37 % 89.69 % 83.06 %
Total Workers 648 361 287
Main Worker 375 - -
Marginal Worker 273 30 243

Caste Factor

In Dhandwar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.64 % of total population in Dhandwar village. The village Dhandwar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhandwar village out of total population, 648 were engaged in work activities. 57.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 648 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.