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Dhanat Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhanat is a medium size village located in Nerua Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 49 families residing. The Dhanat village has population of 279 of which 151 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanat village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 16.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanat village is 848 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanat as per census is 1091, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhanat village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanat village was 65.67 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhanat Male literacy stands at 72.87 % while female literacy rate was 56.73 %.

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

Dhanat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 279 151 128
Child (0-6) 46 22 24
Schedule Caste 88 46 42
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.67 % 72.87 % 56.73 %
Total Workers 183 99 84
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 60 11 49

Caste Factor

Dhanat village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.54 % of total population in Dhanat village. The village Dhanat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanat village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 67.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.