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Dhandhawa Population - Gaya, Bihar

Dhandhawa is a large village located in Bodh Gaya Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 349 families residing. The Dhandhawa village has population of 2060 of which 1075 are males while 985 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhandhawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 350 which makes up 16.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhandhawa village is 916 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhandhawa as per census is 902, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhandhawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhandhawa village was 64.27 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhandhawa Male literacy stands at 73.51 % while female literacy rate was 54.21 %.

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

Dhandhawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 2,060 1,075 985
Child (0-6) 350 184 166
Schedule Caste 732 369 363
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.27 % 73.51 % 54.21 %
Total Workers 677 456 221
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 644 428 216

Caste Factor

In Dhandhawa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.53 % of total population in Dhandhawa village. The village Dhandhawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhandhawa village out of total population, 677 were engaged in work activities. 4.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 677 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.