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Dandian Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dandian is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 164 families residing. The Dandian village has population of 658 of which 316 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandian village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 8.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandian village is 1082 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandian as per census is 828, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dandian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandian village was 87.93 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dandian Male literacy stands at 90.59 % while female literacy rate was 85.53 %.

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

Dandian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 658 316 342
Child (0-6) 53 29 24
Schedule Caste 264 128 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.93 % 90.59 % 85.53 %
Total Workers 141 124 17
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Dandian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.12 % of total population in Dandian village. The village Dandian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dandian village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 97.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.