Dhira Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhira is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 191 families residing. The Dhira village has population of 1026 of which 542 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhira village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 12.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhira village is 893 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhira as per census is 730, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhira village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhira village was 75.06 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhira Male literacy stands at 81.62 % while female literacy rate was 67.91 %.

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

Dhira Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	191	-	-
Population	1,026	542	484
Child (0-6)	128	74	54
Schedule Caste	375	201	174
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.06 %	81.62 %	67.91 %
Total Workers	606	373	233
Main Worker	520	-	-
Marginal Worker	86	47	39

Caste Factor

In Dhira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.55 % of total population in Dhira village. The village Dhira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhira village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 85.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.