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Dhanawan Population - Jamui, Bihar

Dhanawan is a large village located in Islamnagar Aliganj Block of Jamui district, Bihar with total 494 families residing. The Dhanawan village has population of 2753 of which 1468 are males while 1285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 512 which makes up 18.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanawan village is 875 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanawan as per census is 790, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanawan village was 62.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanawan Male literacy stands at 72.34 % while female literacy rate was 51.09 %.

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 494 - -
Population 2,753 1,468 1,285
Child (0-6) 512 286 226
Schedule Caste 730 373 357
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 62.29 % 72.34 % 51.09 %
Total Workers 1,112 684 428
Main Worker 1,088 - -
Marginal Worker 24 13 11

Caste Factor

Dhanawan village of Jamui has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.52 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Dhanawan village.

Work Profile

In Dhanawan village out of total population, 1112 were engaged in work activities. 97.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1112 workers engaged in Main Work, 437 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 494 were Agricultural labourer.