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Dhusmar Population - Purnia, Bihar

Dhusmar is a large village located in Jalalgarh Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 510 families residing. The Dhusmar village has population of 2521 of which 1266 are males while 1255 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhusmar village population of children with age 0-6 is 444 which makes up 17.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhusmar village is 991 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhusmar as per census is 1104, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhusmar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhusmar village was 21.81 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhusmar Male literacy stands at 27.11 % while female literacy rate was 16.34 %.

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

Dhusmar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 510 - -
Population 2,521 1,266 1,255
Child (0-6) 444 211 233
Schedule Caste 121 49 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 21.81 % 27.11 % 16.34 %
Total Workers 783 533 250
Main Worker 665 - -
Marginal Worker 118 33 85

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.80 % of total population in Dhusmar village. The village Dhusmar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhusmar village out of total population, 783 were engaged in work activities. 84.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 783 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 573 were Agricultural labourer.