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Dehrka Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Dehrka is a large village located in Jagraon Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 729 families residing. The Dehrka village has population of 3877 of which 2048 are males while 1829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dehrka village population of children with age 0-6 is 346 which makes up 8.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dehrka village is 893 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dehrka as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dehrka village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dehrka village was 78.39 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dehrka Male literacy stands at 81.93 % while female literacy rate was 74.43 %.

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

Dehrka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 729 - -
Population 3,877 2,048 1,829
Child (0-6) 346 183 163
Schedule Caste 1,203 642 561
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.39 % 81.93 % 74.43 %
Total Workers 1,192 1,130 62
Main Worker 1,181 - -
Marginal Worker 11 8 3

Caste Factor

Dehrka village of Ludhiana has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.03 % of total population in Dehrka village. The village Dehrka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dehrka village out of total population, 1192 were engaged in work activities. 99.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1192 workers engaged in Main Work, 606 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 312 were Agricultural labourer.