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Dosut Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dosut is a large village located in Rahui Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 1078 families residing. The Dosut village has population of 7062 of which 3577 are males while 3485 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dosut village population of children with age 0-6 is 1398 which makes up 19.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dosut village is 974 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dosut as per census is 1023, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dosut village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dosut village was 49.15 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dosut Male literacy stands at 62.47 % while female literacy rate was 35.31 %.

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

Dosut Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,078 - -
Population 7,062 3,577 3,485
Child (0-6) 1,398 691 707
Schedule Caste 1,889 964 925
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.15 % 62.47 % 35.31 %
Total Workers 2,444 1,656 788
Main Worker 1,713 - -
Marginal Worker 731 356 375

Caste Factor

Dosut village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.75 % of total population in Dosut village. The village Dosut currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dosut village out of total population, 2444 were engaged in work activities. 70.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2444 workers engaged in Main Work, 844 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 656 were Agricultural labourer.