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Dak Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Dak is a medium size village located in Nurpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 268 families residing. The Dak village has population of 1256 of which 653 are males while 603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dak village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 9.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dak village is 923 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dak as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dak village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dak village was 87.71 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dak Male literacy stands at 94.73 % while female literacy rate was 80.22 %.

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

Dak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,256 653 603
Child (0-6) 117 65 52
Schedule Caste 139 78 61
Schedule Tribe 9 6 3
Literacy 87.71 % 94.73 % 80.22 %
Total Workers 529 350 179
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 233 79 154

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.72 % of total population in Dak village.

Work Profile

In Dak village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 55.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.