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Dhanbad Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Dhanbad is a medium size village located in Jamtara Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 273 families residing. The Dhanbad village has population of 1409 of which 702 are males while 707 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanbad village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 15.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanbad village is 1007 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanbad as per census is 880, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhanbad village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanbad village was 62.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhanbad Male literacy stands at 78.63 % while female literacy rate was 46.85 %.

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

Dhanbad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,409 702 707
Child (0-6) 220 117 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 817 404 413
Literacy 62.49 % 78.63 % 46.85 %
Total Workers 732 406 326
Main Worker 401 - -
Marginal Worker 331 29 302

Caste Factor

In Dhanbad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.98 % of total population in Dhanbad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhanbad village of Jamtara.

Work Profile

In Dhanbad village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 54.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.