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Darapur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Darapur is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 201 families residing. The Darapur village has population of 890 of which 462 are males while 428 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 10.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darapur village is 926 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Darapur as per census is 610, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Darapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Darapur village was 90.69 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Darapur Male literacy stands at 93.55 % while female literacy rate was 87.76 %.

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

Darapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 201 - -
Population 890 462 428
Child (0-6) 95 59 36
Schedule Caste 453 238 215
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.69 % 93.55 % 87.76 %
Total Workers 274 251 23
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 39 27 12

Caste Factor

In Darapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.90 % of total population in Darapur village. The village Darapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Darapur village out of total population, 274 were engaged in work activities. 85.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 274 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.