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Dahan Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Dahan is a medium size village located in Rajgarh Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 68 families residing. The Dahan village has population of 391 of which 193 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 12.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahan village is 1026 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahan as per census is 880, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dahan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahan village was 78.20 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dahan Male literacy stands at 86.31 % while female literacy rate was 70.45 %.

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

Dahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 391 193 198
Child (0-6) 47 25 22
Schedule Caste 227 116 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.20 % 86.31 % 70.45 %
Total Workers 223 114 109
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 62 33 29

Caste Factor

In Dahan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.06 % of total population in Dahan village. The village Dahan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dahan village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 72.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.