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Dhanhen Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhanhen is a small village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 23 families residing. The Dhanhen village has population of 109 of which 56 are males while 53 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanhen village population of children with age 0-6 is 6 which makes up 5.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanhen village is 946 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanhen as per census is 2000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhanhen village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanhen village was 90.29 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhanhen Male literacy stands at 94.44 % while female literacy rate was 85.71 %.

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

Dhanhen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 109 56 53
Child (0-6) 6 2 4
Schedule Caste 14 4 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.29 % 94.44 % 85.71 %
Total Workers 40 31 9
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 15 11 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.84 % of total population in Dhanhen village. The village Dhanhen currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanhen village out of total population, 40 were engaged in work activities. 62.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 40 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.