Gurdaspur is one of 22 districts located in north Indian state Punjab. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Gurdaspur district, and there are total 1198 villages and 5 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Gurdaspur district is 35 and number of houses in this district is 244654.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1299205. Out of total 1299205, male population count is 680966, where as female population count is 618239 in Gurdaspur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 149789 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 149789 children 82352 are boys and 67437 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Gurdaspur district is 67%. 871806 out of total 1299205 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 71% and 483769 males are literate out of total 680966 male population, where as female literacy rate is 37% and 388037 out of total 618239 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Gurdaspur district is 32%. 427399 out of total 1299205 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 28% and 197197 males are illiterate out of total 680966 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 37% and 230202 out of total 618239 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Gurdaspur district is 431905 and non-working population is 867300 and out of 431905 working population 117218 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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