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Dhobha Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Dhobha is a medium size village located in Runisaidpur Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 195 families residing. The Dhobha village has population of 707 of which 380 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobha village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 22.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobha village is 861 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobha as per census is 880, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhobha village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobha village was 68.06 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhobha Male literacy stands at 71.72 % while female literacy rate was 63.78 %.

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

Dhobha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 707 380 327
Child (0-6) 156 83 73
Schedule Caste 311 163 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.06 % 71.72 % 63.78 %
Total Workers 189 177 12
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 104 97 7

Caste Factor

In Dhobha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.99 % of total population in Dhobha village. The village Dhobha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhobha village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 44.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.