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Dhamua Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Dhamua is a medium size village located in Murshidabad Jiaganj Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 249 families residing. The Dhamua village has population of 1049 of which 543 are males while 506 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhamua village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhamua village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhamua as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhamua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhamua village was 74.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhamua Male literacy stands at 83.75 % while female literacy rate was 65.21 %.

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

Dhamua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,049 543 506
Child (0-6) 112 63 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 402 201 201
Literacy 74.71 % 83.75 % 65.21 %
Total Workers 342 306 36
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Dhamua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.32 % of total population in Dhamua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhamua village of Murshidabad.

Work Profile

In Dhamua village out of total population, 342 were engaged in work activities. 99.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 342 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 198 were Agricultural labourer.