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Dhanhar Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dhanhar is a large village located in Ekangarsarai Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 661 families residing. The Dhanhar village has population of 3824 of which 2022 are males while 1802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 559 which makes up 14.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanhar village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanhar as per census is 857, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanhar village was 73.57 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanhar Male literacy stands at 83.79 % while female literacy rate was 62.18 %.

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

Dhanhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 661 - -
Population 3,824 2,022 1,802
Child (0-6) 559 301 258
Schedule Caste 1,002 526 476
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.57 % 83.79 % 62.18 %
Total Workers 1,453 876 577
Main Worker 630 - -
Marginal Worker 823 438 385

Caste Factor

Dhanhar village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.20 % of total population in Dhanhar village. The village Dhanhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanhar village out of total population, 1453 were engaged in work activities. 43.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1453 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.