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Dhusmar Population - Katihar, Bihar

Dhusmar is a medium size village located in Katihar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 319 families residing. The Dhusmar village has population of 1703 of which 898 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhusmar village population of children with age 0-6 is 393 which makes up 23.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhusmar village is 896 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhusmar as per census is 828, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhusmar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhusmar village was 49.92 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhusmar Male literacy stands at 56.22 % while female literacy rate was 43.06 %.

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 319 - -
Population 1,703 898 805
Child (0-6) 393 215 178
Schedule Caste 25 15 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.92 % 56.22 % 43.06 %
Total Workers 460 377 83
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 167 114 53

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.47 % 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, 460 were engaged in work activities. 63.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.