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Dhar Kalan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhar Kalan is a medium size village located in Dhar Kalan Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 266 families residing. The Dhar Kalan village has population of 1411 of which 721 are males while 690 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar Kalan village is 957 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar Kalan as per census is 1038, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhar Kalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar Kalan village was 82.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhar Kalan Male literacy stands at 86.31 % while female literacy rate was 78.82 %.

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

Dhar Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,411 721 690
Child (0-6) 159 78 81
Schedule Caste 246 124 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.67 % 86.31 % 78.82 %
Total Workers 425 373 52
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 120 106 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.43 % of total population in Dhar Kalan village. The village Dhar Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhar Kalan village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 71.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.