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Dewandih Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Dewandih is a medium size village located in Gande Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 112 families residing. The Dewandih village has population of 659 of which 336 are males while 323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewandih village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 21.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewandih village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewandih as per census is 788, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dewandih village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewandih village was 70.74 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dewandih Male literacy stands at 82.42 % while female literacy rate was 59.23 %.

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

Dewandih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 112 - -
Population 659 336 323
Child (0-6) 143 80 63
Schedule Caste 136 74 62
Schedule Tribe 52 30 22
Literacy 70.74 % 82.42 % 59.23 %
Total Workers 363 185 178
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 224 49 175

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.89 % of total population in Dewandih village.

Work Profile

In Dewandih village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 38.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.