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Dhanwan Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhanwan is a medium size village located in Kalakote Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 257 families residing. The Dhanwan village has population of 1139 of which 588 are males while 551 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 19.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanwan village is 937 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanwan as per census is 982, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhanwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanwan village was 62.43 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhanwan Male literacy stands at 71.97 % while female literacy rate was 52.14 %.

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

Dhanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,139 588 551
Child (0-6) 218 110 108
Schedule Caste 144 80 64
Schedule Tribe 712 359 353
Literacy 62.43 % 71.97 % 52.14 %
Total Workers 804 418 386
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 548 170 378

Caste Factor

In Dhanwan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.64 % of total population in Dhanwan village.

Work Profile

In Dhanwan village out of total population, 804 were engaged in work activities. 31.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 804 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.