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Dhawa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Dhawa is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 342 families residing. The Dhawa village has population of 1559 of which 788 are males while 771 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 11.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhawa village is 978 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhawa as per census is 897, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhawa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhawa village was 83.78 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhawa Male literacy stands at 89.29 % while female literacy rate was 78.22 %.

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

Dhawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,559 788 771
Child (0-6) 184 97 87
Schedule Caste 67 38 29
Schedule Tribe 277 133 144
Literacy 83.78 % 89.29 % 78.22 %
Total Workers 556 387 169
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 277 145 132

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.30 % of total population in Dhawa village.

Work Profile

In Dhawa village out of total population, 556 were engaged in work activities. 50.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 556 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.