Desal, Kapurthala
# Desal, Kapurthala

Desal is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Desal. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

## Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Desal has a total number of 266 houses and population of 1,433 of which include 763 males and 670 females. Literacy rate of Desal is 68.43%, lower than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 169 which is 11.79% of total population of Desal, and child sex ratio is approximately 1012, higher than state average of 846.

## Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 81.02% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

## Population data

| Particulars | Total | Male | Female |
| - | - | - | - |
| Total No. of Houses | 266 | - | - |
| Population | 1,433 | 763 | 670 |
| Child (0-6) | 169 | 84 | 85 |
| Schedule Caste | 1,161 | 614 | 547 |
| Schedule Tribe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Literacy | 68.43 % | 72.90 % | 63.25 % |
| Total Workers | 517 | 431 | 86 |
| Main Worker | 507 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal Worker | 10 | 9 | 1 |

## Air travel connectivity

The closest airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.

