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Dhanawan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Dhanawan is a large village located in Belaganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 492 families residing. The Dhanawan village has population of 2795 of which 1457 are males while 1338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 567 which makes up 20.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanawan village is 918 which is equal than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanawan as per census is 841, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanawan village was 61.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanawan Male literacy stands at 68.76 % while female literacy rate was 53.01 %.

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

Dhanawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 492 - -
Population 2,795 1,457 1,338
Child (0-6) 567 308 259
Schedule Caste 916 484 432
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.13 % 68.76 % 53.01 %
Total Workers 1,150 689 461
Main Worker 1,030 - -
Marginal Worker 120 44 76

Caste Factor

Dhanawan village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.77 % of total population in Dhanawan village. The village Dhanawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanawan village out of total population, 1150 were engaged in work activities. 89.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1150 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 573 were Agricultural labourer.