Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Dantar Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Dantar is a large village located in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 401 families residing. The Dantar village has population of 2270 of which 1175 are males while 1095 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dantar village population of children with age 0-6 is 385 which makes up 16.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dantar village is 932 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dantar as per census is 1005, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dantar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dantar village was 62.86 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dantar Male literacy stands at 72.33 % while female literacy rate was 52.55 %.

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

Dantar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 401 - -
Population 2,270 1,175 1,095
Child (0-6) 385 192 193
Schedule Caste 678 350 328
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.86 % 72.33 % 52.55 %
Total Workers 699 542 157
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 209 114 95

Caste Factor

Dantar village of Chatra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.87 % of total population in Dantar village. The village Dantar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dantar village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 70.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 212 were Agricultural labourer.