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Dhilwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Dhilwan is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 161 families residing. The Dhilwan village has population of 911 of which 485 are males while 426 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhilwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 13.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhilwan village is 878 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhilwan as per census is 779, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhilwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhilwan village was 73.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhilwan Male literacy stands at 78.18 % while female literacy rate was 68.63 %.

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

Dhilwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 911 485 426
Child (0-6) 121 68 53
Schedule Caste 255 137 118
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.67 % 78.18 % 68.63 %
Total Workers 273 245 28
Main Worker 181 - -
Marginal Worker 92 75 17

Caste Factor

Dhilwan village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.99 % of total population in Dhilwan village. The village Dhilwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhilwan village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 66.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.