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Dakhan Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Dakhan is a medium size village located in Jaunpur Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 189 families residing. The Dakhan village has population of 1308 of which 662 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 14.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhan village is 976 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhan as per census is 911, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Dakhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhan village was 68.88 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Dakhan Male literacy stands at 78.61 % while female literacy rate was 59.03 %.

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

Dakhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 1,308 662 646
Child (0-6) 193 101 92
Schedule Caste 363 182 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.88 % 78.61 % 59.03 %
Total Workers 642 305 337
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 564 243 321

Caste Factor

Dakhan village of Jaunpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.75 % of total population in Dakhan village. The village Dakhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakhan village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 12.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.