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Dhobi Bigha Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dhobi Bigha is a medium size village located in Asthawan Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 261 families residing. The Dhobi Bigha village has population of 1585 of which 824 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobi Bigha village population of children with age 0-6 is 333 which makes up 21.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobi Bigha village is 924 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobi Bigha as per census is 881, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhobi Bigha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobi Bigha village was 60.14 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhobi Bigha Male literacy stands at 76.35 % while female literacy rate was 42.81 %.

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

Dhobi Bigha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,585 824 761
Child (0-6) 333 177 156
Schedule Caste 532 287 245
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.14 % 76.35 % 42.81 %
Total Workers 425 352 73
Main Worker 415 - -
Marginal Worker 10 8 2

Caste Factor

Dhobi Bigha village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.56 % of total population in Dhobi Bigha village. The village Dhobi Bigha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhobi Bigha village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 97.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.