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Dastan Population - Surat, Gujarat

Dastan is a medium size village located in Palsana Taluka of Surat district, Gujarat with total 425 families residing. The Dastan village has population of 1967 of which 975 are males while 992 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dastan village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 13.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dastan village is 1017 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Dastan as per census is 970, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Dastan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Dastan village was 71.91 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Dastan Male literacy stands at 75.06 % while female literacy rate was 68.83 %.

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

Dastan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 425 - -
Population 1,967 975 992
Child (0-6) 262 133 129
Schedule Caste 125 57 68
Schedule Tribe 1,207 584 623
Literacy 71.91 % 75.06 % 68.83 %
Total Workers 1,049 635 414
Main Worker 1,048 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Dastan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.36 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.35 % of total population in Dastan village.

Work Profile

In Dastan village out of total population, 1049 were engaged in work activities. 99.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1049 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 780 were Agricultural labourer.