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Dhaktana Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Dhaktana is a medium size village located in Balachaur Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 118 families residing. The Dhaktana village has population of 522 of which 265 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaktana village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 8.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaktana village is 970 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaktana as per census is 1091, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhaktana village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaktana village was 76.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhaktana Male literacy stands at 89.30 % while female literacy rate was 63.09 %.

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

Dhaktana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 522 265 257
Child (0-6) 46 22 24
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.47 % 89.30 % 63.09 %
Total Workers 317 168 149
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 146 15 131

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.96 % of total population in Dhaktana village. The village Dhaktana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhaktana village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 53.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.