Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 246 m Area code 01824 | Tehsil Rurka Kalan PIN 144032 Population 3,144 (2011) | |
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Daduwal (Punjabi: ਦਾਦੂਵਾਲ) is a village in Rurka Kalan tehsil in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 12 km away from Phagwara, 36 km from Phillaur, 20.2 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 140 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
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Map of Daduwal, Punjab 144032
Education
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with secondary/higher scondary school (GSSS Daduwal). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1975.
Demography
As of 2011, Daduwal has a total number of 635 houses and population of 3144 of which include 1576 are males while 1568 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Daduwal is 76.51%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 309 which is 9.83% of total population of Daduwal, and child sex ratio is approximately 981 higher than state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 61.77% of total population in Daduwal. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 1015 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Daduwal which includes 915 males and 11 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.33% workers describe their work as main work and 1.67% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Transport
Phagwara Junction railway station is the nearest train station however, Goraya train station is 16 km away from the village. The village is 65.7 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 116 km away in Amritsar.