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Dostany Population - Darrang, Assam

Dostany is a medium size village located in Sipajhar Circle of Darrang district, Assam with total 305 families residing. The Dostany village has population of 1427 of which 697 are males while 730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dostany village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 9.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dostany village is 1047 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Dostany as per census is 1298, higher than Assam average of 962.

Dostany village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Dostany village was 82.56 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Dostany Male literacy stands at 88.75 % while female literacy rate was 76.52 %.

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

Dostany Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,427 697 730
Child (0-6) 131 57 74
Schedule Caste 116 54 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.56 % 88.75 % 76.52 %
Total Workers 663 463 200
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 230 48 182

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.13 % of total population in Dostany village. The village Dostany currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dostany village out of total population, 663 were engaged in work activities. 65.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 663 workers engaged in Main Work, 352 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.