Dhung Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Dhung is a medium size village located in Ghansali Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 259 families residing. The Dhung village has population of 1303 of which 571 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhung village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 16.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhung village is 1282 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhung as per census is 991, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Dhung village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhung village was 64.52 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Dhung Male literacy stands at 77.11 % while female literacy rate was 55.20 %.

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

Dhung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	259	-	-
Population	1,303	571	732
Child (0-6)	215	108	107
Schedule Caste	795	347	448
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.52 %	77.11 %	55.20 %
Total Workers	658	264	394
Main Worker	112	-	-
Marginal Worker	546	157	389

Caste Factor

In Dhung village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.01 % of total population in Dhung village. The village Dhung currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhung village out of total population, 658 were engaged in work activities. 17.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 658 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.