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Dhanaj Population - Nanded, Maharashtra

Dhanaj is a medium size village located in Naigaon (Khairgaon) Taluka of Nanded district, Maharashtra with total 177 families residing. The Dhanaj village has population of 941 of which 493 are males while 448 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 13.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanaj village is 909 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanaj as per census is 747, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dhanaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanaj village was 71.11 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dhanaj Male literacy stands at 78.47 % while female literacy rate was 63.27 %.

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

Dhanaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 941 493 448
Child (0-6) 131 75 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.11 % 78.47 % 63.27 %
Total Workers 444 279 165
Main Worker 282 - -
Marginal Worker 162 50 112

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dhanaj village out of total population, 444 were engaged in work activities. 63.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.