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Dhanwan Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Dhanwan is a medium size village located in Bhoranj Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 98 families residing. The Dhanwan village has population of 408 of which 191 are males while 217 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 11.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanwan village is 1136 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanwan as per census is 920, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhanwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanwan village was 87.22 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhanwan Male literacy stands at 95.18 % while female literacy rate was 80.41 %.

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

Dhanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 408 191 217
Child (0-6) 48 25 23
Schedule Caste 131 59 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.22 % 95.18 % 80.41 %
Total Workers 231 99 132
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 192 65 127

Caste Factor

Dhanwan village of Hamirpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.11 % of total population in Dhanwan village. The village Dhanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanwan village out of total population, 231 were engaged in work activities. 16.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 231 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.