Dhakon Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dhakon is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 92 families residing. The Dhakon village has population of 407 of which 221 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakon village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakon village is 842 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakon as per census is 750, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhakon village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakon village was 82.68 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhakon Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 78.79 %.

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

Dhakon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	92	-	-
Population	407	221	186
Child (0-6)	49	28	21
Schedule Caste	183	97	86
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.68 %	86.01 %	78.79 %
Total Workers	147	127	20
Main Worker	79	-	-
Marginal Worker	68	56	12

Caste Factor

In Dhakon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.96 % of total population in Dhakon village. The village Dhakon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhakon village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 53.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.