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Dhahan Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Dhahan is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 287 families residing. The Dhahan village has population of 1309 of which 643 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhahan village is 1036 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhahan as per census is 816, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhahan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhahan village was 81.38 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhahan Male literacy stands at 85.36 % while female literacy rate was 77.65 %.

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

Dhahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,309 643 666
Child (0-6) 138 76 62
Schedule Caste 582 292 290
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.38 % 85.36 % 77.65 %
Total Workers 400 349 51
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

In Dhahan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.46 % of total population in Dhahan village. The village Dhahan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhahan village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 98.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.