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Dakhinawan Population - Buxar, Bihar

Dakhinawan is a medium size village located in Dumraon Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 274 families residing. The Dakhinawan village has population of 1557 of which 791 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhinawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 286 which makes up 18.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhinawan village is 968 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhinawan as per census is 1043, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dakhinawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhinawan village was 73.25 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dakhinawan Male literacy stands at 84.02 % while female literacy rate was 61.94 %.

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

Dakhinawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,557 791 766
Child (0-6) 286 140 146
Schedule Caste 527 271 256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.25 % 84.02 % 61.94 %
Total Workers 487 386 101
Main Worker 390 - -
Marginal Worker 97 18 79

Caste Factor

Dakhinawan village of Buxar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.85 % of total population in Dakhinawan village. The village Dakhinawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakhinawan village out of total population, 487 were engaged in work activities. 80.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 487 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 239 were Agricultural labourer.