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Dhal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dhal is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 78 families residing. The Dhal village has population of 476 of which 241 are males while 235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 13.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhal village is 975 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhal as per census is 939, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhal village was 77.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhal Male literacy stands at 80.77 % while female literacy rate was 73.53 %.

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

Dhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 476 241 235
Child (0-6) 64 33 31
Schedule Caste 216 111 105
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.18 % 80.77 % 73.53 %
Total Workers 122 116 6
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Dhal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.38 % of total population in Dhal village. The village Dhal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhal village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 97.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.