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Dhanaka Population - Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhanaka is a medium size village located in Nowshehra Tehsil of Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 287 families residing. The Dhanaka village has population of 1062 of which 545 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 14.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanaka village is 949 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanaka as per census is 753, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhanaka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanaka village was 85.54 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhanaka Male literacy stands at 92.98 % while female literacy rate was 78.00 %.

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

Dhanaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,062 545 517
Child (0-6) 156 89 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.54 % 92.98 % 78.00 %
Total Workers 293 260 33
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 76 64 12

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dhanaka village of Rajouri district.

Work Profile

In Dhanaka village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 74.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.