Dhanauj Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Dhanauj is a medium size village located in Mahishi Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 116 families residing. The Dhanauj village has population of 636 of which 355 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanauj village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 18.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanauj village is 792 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanauj as per census is 875, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanauj village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanauj village was 52.91 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanauj Male literacy stands at 69.07 % while female literacy rate was 32.00 %.

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

Dhanauj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	116	-	-
Population	636	355	281
Child (0-6)	120	64	56
Schedule Caste	336	183	153
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	52.91 %	69.07 %	32.00 %
Total Workers	271	137	134
Main Worker	113	-	-
Marginal Worker	158	38	120

Caste Factor

In Dhanauj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.83 % of total population in Dhanauj village. The village Dhanauj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanauj village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 41.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.