Dandai Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dandai is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 83 families residing. The Dandai village has population of 410 of which 207 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandai village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 16.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandai village is 981 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandai as per census is 917, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dandai village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandai village was 72.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dandai Male literacy stands at 84.21 % while female literacy rate was 60.59 %.

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

Dandai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	83	-	-
Population	410	207	203
Child (0-6)	69	36	33
Schedule Caste	375	185	190
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.43 %	84.21 %	60.59 %
Total Workers	162	96	66
Main Worker	33	-	-
Marginal Worker	129	69	60

Caste Factor

In Dandai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.46 % of total population in Dandai village. The village Dandai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dandai village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 20.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.