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Dhun Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Dhun is a medium size village located in Patti Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 292 families residing. The Dhun village has population of 1711 of which 896 are males while 815 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhun village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 13.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhun village is 910 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhun as per census is 748, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Dhun village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhun village was 66.87 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhun Male literacy stands at 74.64 % while female literacy rate was 58.58 %.

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

Dhun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,711 896 815
Child (0-6) 229 131 98
Schedule Caste 709 360 349
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.87 % 74.64 % 58.58 %
Total Workers 877 534 343
Main Worker 702 - -
Marginal Worker 175 24 151

Caste Factor

In Dhun village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.44 % of total population in Dhun village. The village Dhun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhun village out of total population, 877 were engaged in work activities. 80.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 877 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 270 were Agricultural labourer.