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{{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Daduwal
| native_name = ਦਾਦੂਵਾਲ
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.2072128|N|75.6678186|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = [[Phillaur]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 246
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 3144<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32823|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 1576/1568 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144032
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01824
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
}}

'''Daduwal''' ({{lang-pa|ਦਾਦੂਵਾਲ}}) is a village in [[Phillaur]] tehsil in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|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 [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-education upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school (GSSS Daduwal). The school provides [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]] and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1975.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icbse.com/schools/gsss-daduwal/03041001002 | title=Details Of School | work=ICBSE}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Daduwal has a total number of 635 houses and a population of 3144 of which 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 the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 309 which is 9.83% of the total population of Daduwal, and the child sex ratio is approximately 981, which is higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from [[Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 61.77% of the total population in Daduwal. The village does not have any [[Schedule Tribe]] population so far.

A lot of people associated with this village are settled abroad in Canada, the USA, UK, and other European countries.

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 a livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== 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]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

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