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Dakana Population - Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Dakana is a large village located in Talaja Taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat with total 574 families residing. The Dakana village has population of 3134 of which 1634 are males while 1500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 432 which makes up 13.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakana village is 918 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakana as per census is 946, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Dakana village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakana village was 66.14 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Dakana Male literacy stands at 81.30 % while female literacy rate was 49.53 %.

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

Dakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 574 - -
Population 3,134 1,634 1,500
Child (0-6) 432 222 210
Schedule Caste 148 83 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.14 % 81.30 % 49.53 %
Total Workers 1,654 1,035 619
Main Worker 908 - -
Marginal Worker 746 259 487

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.72 % of total population in Dakana village. The village Dakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakana village out of total population, 1654 were engaged in work activities. 54.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1654 workers engaged in Main Work, 231 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 450 were Agricultural labourer.