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Dhanwe Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Dhanwe is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 255 families residing. The Dhanwe village has population of 1229 of which 650 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanwe village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 16.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanwe village is 891 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanwe as per census is 981, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhanwe village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanwe village was 71.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhanwe Male literacy stands at 76.78 % while female literacy rate was 65.90 %.

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

Dhanwe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,229 650 579
Child (0-6) 204 103 101
Schedule Caste 181 95 86
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.71 % 76.78 % 65.90 %
Total Workers 656 373 283
Main Worker 298 - -
Marginal Worker 358 104 254

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.73 % of total population in Dhanwe village. The village Dhanwe currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanwe village out of total population, 656 were engaged in work activities. 45.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 656 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.