Devi Dass Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Devi Dass is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 165 families residing. The Devi Dass village has population of 760 of which 395 are males while 365 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Devi Dass village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 9.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Devi Dass village is 924 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Devi Dass as per census is 614, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Devi Dass village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Devi Dass village was 86.94 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Devi Dass Male literacy stands at 92.02 % while female literacy rate was 81.66 %.

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

Devi Dass Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	165	-	-
Population	760	395	365
Child (0-6)	71	44	27
Schedule Caste	279	143	136
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.94 %	92.02 %	81.66 %
Total Workers	220	199	21
Main Worker	189	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	29	2

Caste Factor

In Devi Dass village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.71 % of total population in Devi Dass village. The village Devi Dass currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Devi Dass village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 85.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.