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Dhandarwari Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhandarwari is a medium size village located in Dodra Kwar Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 239 families residing. The Dhandarwari village has population of 1383 of which 708 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhandarwari village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 13.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhandarwari village is 953 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhandarwari as per census is 918, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhandarwari village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhandarwari village was 64.24 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhandarwari Male literacy stands at 74.14 % while female literacy rate was 53.92 %.

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

Dhandarwari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,383 708 675
Child (0-6) 186 97 89
Schedule Caste 259 130 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.24 % 74.14 % 53.92 %
Total Workers 1,041 523 518
Main Worker 758 - -
Marginal Worker 283 138 145

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.73 % of total population in Dhandarwari village. The village Dhandarwari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhandarwari village out of total population, 1041 were engaged in work activities. 72.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1041 workers engaged in Main Work, 703 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.