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Dhankaul Population - Sheohar, Bihar

Dhankaul is a large village located in Piprarhi Block of Sheohar district, Bihar with total 2111 families residing. The Dhankaul village has population of 8766 of which 4582 are males while 4184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankaul village population of children with age 0-6 is 1584 which makes up 18.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankaul village is 913 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankaul as per census is 936, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhankaul village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankaul village was 53.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhankaul Male literacy stands at 59.43 % while female literacy rate was 47.10 %.

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

Dhankaul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,111 - -
Population 8,766 4,582 4,184
Child (0-6) 1,584 818 766
Schedule Caste 1,088 581 507
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 53.56 % 59.43 % 47.10 %
Total Workers 2,756 2,358 398
Main Worker 1,790 - -
Marginal Worker 966 851 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Dhankaul village.

Work Profile

In Dhankaul village out of total population, 2756 were engaged in work activities. 64.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2756 workers engaged in Main Work, 344 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1106 were Agricultural labourer.