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Dhawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dhawan is a medium size village located in Ekangarsarai Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 314 families residing. The Dhawan village has population of 1900 of which 992 are males while 908 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 15.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhawan village is 915 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhawan as per census is 702, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhawan village was 82.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhawan Male literacy stands at 89.65 % while female literacy rate was 75.13 %.

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

Dhawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 314 - -
Population 1,900 992 908
Child (0-6) 291 171 120
Schedule Caste 299 152 147
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.54 % 89.65 % 75.13 %
Total Workers 977 501 476
Main Worker 711 - -
Marginal Worker 266 29 237

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.74 % of total population in Dhawan village. The village Dhawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhawan village out of total population, 977 were engaged in work activities. 72.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 977 workers engaged in Main Work, 214 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 332 were Agricultural labourer.