Dhansara Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Dhansara is a medium size village located in Kokasara Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 303 families residing. The Dhansara village has population of 1236 of which 526 are males while 710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhansara village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 12.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhansara village is 1350 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhansara as per census is 904, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Dhansara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhansara village was 64.19 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhansara Male literacy stands at 73.36 % while female literacy rate was 57.80 %.

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

Dhansara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	303	-	-
Population	1,236	526	710
Child (0-6)	158	83	75
Schedule Caste	463	225	238
Schedule Tribe	475	139	336
Literacy	64.19 %	73.36 %	57.80 %
Total Workers	520	257	263
Main Worker	307	-	-
Marginal Worker	213	98	115

Caste Factor

In Dhansara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 37.46 % of total population in Dhansara village.

Work Profile

In Dhansara village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 59.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.