Dhobana Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Dhobana is a medium size village located in Gande Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Dhobana village has population of 561 of which 281 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobana village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 23.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobana village is 996 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobana as per census is 1015, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhobana village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobana village was 38.08 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhobana Male literacy stands at 54.42 % while female literacy rate was 21.60 %.

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

Dhobana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	95	-	-
Population	561	281	280
Child (0-6)	133	66	67
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	539	267	272
Literacy	38.08 %	54.42 %	21.60 %
Total Workers	323	156	167
Main Worker	137	-	-
Marginal Worker	186	25	161

Caste Factor

In Dhobana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.08 % of total population in Dhobana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhobana village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Dhobana village out of total population, 323 were engaged in work activities. 42.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 323 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.