Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Dhanihar Population - Banka, Bihar

Dhanihar is a medium size village located in Shambhuganj Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 196 families residing. The Dhanihar village has population of 996 of which 512 are males while 484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 20.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanihar village is 945 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanihar as per census is 925, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanihar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanihar village was 57.85 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanihar Male literacy stands at 68.15 % while female literacy rate was 47.01 %.

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

Dhanihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 996 512 484
Child (0-6) 206 107 99
Schedule Caste 54 29 25
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.85 % 68.15 % 47.01 %
Total Workers 390 235 155
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 358 216 142

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.42 % of total population in Dhanihar village. The village Dhanihar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanihar village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 8.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.