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Dhanija Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Dhanija is a medium size village located in ASIKA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 399 families residing. The Dhanija village has population of 1728 of which 801 are males while 927 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanija village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanija village is 1157 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanija as per census is 906, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhanija village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanija village was 65.57 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhanija Male literacy stands at 78.01 % while female literacy rate was 55.12 %.

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

Dhanija Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,728 801 927
Child (0-6) 183 96 87
Schedule Caste 534 240 294
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.57 % 78.01 % 55.12 %
Total Workers 778 471 307
Main Worker 564 - -
Marginal Worker 214 63 151

Caste Factor

Dhanija village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.90 % of total population in Dhanija village. The village Dhanija currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanija village out of total population, 778 were engaged in work activities. 72.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 778 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.