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Dalan Population - Katihar, Bihar

Dalan is a large village located in Katihar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 3866 families residing. The Dalan village has population of 21266 of which 10925 are males while 10341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 5110 which makes up 24.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dalan village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dalan as per census is 978, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dalan village was 43.10 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dalan Male literacy stands at 48.33 % while female literacy rate was 37.51 %.

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

Dalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 3,866 - -
Population 21,266 10,925 10,341
Child (0-6) 5,110 2,583 2,527
Schedule Caste 2,331 1,192 1,139
Schedule Tribe 1,030 521 509
Literacy 43.10 % 48.33 % 37.51 %
Total Workers 6,531 4,921 1,610
Main Worker 3,725 - -
Marginal Worker 2,806 1,746 1,060

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.84 % of total population in Dalan village.

Work Profile

In Dalan village out of total population, 6531 were engaged in work activities. 57.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6531 workers engaged in Main Work, 439 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2044 were Agricultural labourer.