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Dhantah Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhantah is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 172 families residing. The Dhantah village has population of 833 of which 427 are males while 406 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhantah village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 12.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhantah village is 951 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhantah as per census is 661, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhantah village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhantah village was 78.63 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhantah Male literacy stands at 86.03 % while female literacy rate was 71.23 %.

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

Dhantah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 833 427 406
Child (0-6) 103 62 41
Schedule Caste 370 194 176
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.63 % 86.03 % 71.23 %
Total Workers 216 196 20
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 82 69 13

Caste Factor

In Dhantah village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.42 % of total population in Dhantah village. The village Dhantah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhantah village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 62.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.