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Dostani Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Dostani is a medium size village located in Goradih Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 378 families residing. The Dostani village has population of 1662 of which 919 are males while 743 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dostani village population of children with age 0-6 is 294 which makes up 17.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dostani village is 808 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dostani as per census is 804, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dostani village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dostani village was 38.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dostani Male literacy stands at 43.12 % while female literacy rate was 32.35 %.

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

Dostani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,662 919 743
Child (0-6) 294 163 131
Schedule Caste 237 129 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 38.30 % 43.12 % 32.35 %
Total Workers 694 461 233
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 682 452 230

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.26 % of total population in Dostani village. The village Dostani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dostani village out of total population, 694 were engaged in work activities. 1.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 694 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.