Dhankuta Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Dhankuta is a medium size village located in Kathikund Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 58 families residing. The Dhankuta village has population of 304 of which 155 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 21.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankuta village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankuta as per census is 939, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhankuta village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankuta village was 67.08 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhankuta Male literacy stands at 84.43 % while female literacy rate was 49.15 %.

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

Dhankuta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	58	-	-
Population	304	155	149
Child (0-6)	64	33	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	271	137	134
Literacy	67.08 %	84.43 %	49.15 %
Total Workers	90	78	12
Main Worker	3	-	-
Marginal Worker	87	76	11

Caste Factor

In Dhankuta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.14 % of total population in Dhankuta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhankuta village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Dhankuta village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 3.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.