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Dhowk Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhowk is a medium size village located in Thanamandi Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 283 families residing. The Dhowk village has population of 1432 of which 774 are males while 658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhowk village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 21.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhowk village is 850 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhowk as per census is 814, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhowk village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhowk village was 56.96 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhowk Male literacy stands at 72.76 % while female literacy rate was 38.61 %.

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

Dhowk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,432 774 658
Child (0-6) 312 172 140
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,075 576 499
Literacy 56.96 % 72.76 % 38.61 %
Total Workers 635 357 278
Main Worker 323 - -
Marginal Worker 312 144 168

Caste Factor

In Dhowk village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.07 % of total population in Dhowk village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhowk village of Rajouri.

Work Profile

In Dhowk village out of total population, 635 were engaged in work activities. 50.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 635 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.