Dhesian Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dhesian is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 55 families residing. The Dhesian village has population of 263 of which 136 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhesian village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 10.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhesian village is 934 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhesian as per census is 1154, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhesian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhesian village was 87.66 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhesian Male literacy stands at 91.87 % while female literacy rate was 83.04 %.

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	55	-	-
Population	263	136	127
Child (0-6)	28	13	15
Schedule Caste	134	67	67
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.66 %	91.87 %	83.04 %
Total Workers	58	57	1
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Dhesian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.95 % of total population in Dhesian village. The village Dhesian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhesian village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 96.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.