Dhobni Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Dhobni is a medium size village located in Potka Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 168 families residing. The Dhobni village has population of 959 of which 482 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobni village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 18.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobni village is 990 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobni as per census is 967, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhobni village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobni village was 61.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhobni Male literacy stands at 73.66 % while female literacy rate was 49.10 %.

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

Dhobni Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	168	-	-
Population	959	482	477
Child (0-6)	179	91	88
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	943	474	469
Literacy	61.41 %	73.66 %	49.10 %
Total Workers	299	262	37
Main Worker	211	-	-
Marginal Worker	88	72	16

Caste Factor

In Dhobni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.33 % of total population in Dhobni village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhobni village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Dhobni village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 70.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.