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Dhanaut Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhanaut is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 37 families residing. The Dhanaut village has population of 150 of which 69 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanaut village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 13.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanaut village is 1174 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanaut as per census is 1857, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhanaut village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanaut village was 82.31 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhanaut Male literacy stands at 90.32 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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

Dhanaut Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 150 69 81
Child (0-6) 20 7 13
Schedule Caste 39 23 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.31 % 90.32 % 75.00 %
Total Workers 88 42 46
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 72 29 43

Caste Factor

Dhanaut village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.00 % of total population in Dhanaut village. The village Dhanaut currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanaut village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 18.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.