Dhankhunia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Dhankhunia is a medium size village located in Ranishwar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 57 families residing. The Dhankhunia village has population of 301 of which 148 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankhunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 15.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankhunia village is 1034 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankhunia as per census is 778, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhankhunia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankhunia village was 73.12 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhankhunia Male literacy stands at 80.17 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Dhankhunia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	301	148	153
Child (0-6)	48	27	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	279	138	141
Literacy	73.12 %	80.17 %	66.67 %
Total Workers	89	84	5
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	31	2

Caste Factor

In Dhankhunia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.69 % of total population in Dhankhunia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhankhunia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Dhankhunia village out of total population, 89 were engaged in work activities. 62.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 89 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.