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Dagam Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dagam is a large village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 468 families residing. The Dagam village has population of 2174 of which 1119 are males while 1055 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 8.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dagam village is 943 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dagam as per census is 685, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dagam village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dagam village was 81.08 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dagam Male literacy stands at 86.41 % while female literacy rate was 75.59 %.

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

Dagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 468 - -
Population 2,174 1,119 1,055
Child (0-6) 187 111 76
Schedule Caste 1,333 667 666
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.08 % 86.41 % 75.59 %
Total Workers 619 564 55
Main Worker 583 - -
Marginal Worker 36 27 9

Caste Factor

In Dagam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.32 % of total population in Dagam village. The village Dagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dagam village out of total population, 619 were engaged in work activities. 94.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 619 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.