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Dewanganj Population - Purnia, Bihar

Dewanganj is a large village located in Purnia East Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 785 families residing. The Dewanganj village has population of 3834 of which 1981 are males while 1853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewanganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 713 which makes up 18.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewanganj village is 935 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewanganj as per census is 986, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dewanganj village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewanganj village was 58.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dewanganj Male literacy stands at 65.41 % while female literacy rate was 51.03 %.

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

Dewanganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 785 - -
Population 3,834 1,981 1,853
Child (0-6) 713 359 354
Schedule Caste 633 325 308
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.51 % 65.41 % 51.03 %
Total Workers 1,272 980 292
Main Worker 1,194 - -
Marginal Worker 78 54 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.51 % of total population in Dewanganj village. The village Dewanganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewanganj village out of total population, 1272 were engaged in work activities. 93.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1272 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 656 were Agricultural labourer.