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Dhandowal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Dhandowal is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 399 families residing. The Dhandowal village has population of 1873 of which 987 are males while 886 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhandowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 9.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhandowal village is 898 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhandowal as per census is 896, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhandowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhandowal village was 74.51 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhandowal Male literacy stands at 79.24 % while female literacy rate was 69.25 %.

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

Dhandowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,873 987 886
Child (0-6) 182 96 86
Schedule Caste 973 514 459
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.51 % 79.24 % 69.25 %
Total Workers 678 564 114
Main Worker 664 - -
Marginal Worker 14 8 6

Caste Factor

In Dhandowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.95 % of total population in Dhandowal village. The village Dhandowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhandowal village out of total population, 678 were engaged in work activities. 97.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 678 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.