Dhangawan is a medium size village located in Pendra Road Gorella Tehsil of Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh with total 496 families residing. The Dhangawan village has population of 1706 of which 846 are males while 860 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Dhangawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 252 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhangawan village is 1017 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhangawan as per census is 738, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.
Dhangawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhangawan village was 63.20 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dhangawan Male literacy stands at 74.47 % while female literacy rate was 52.72 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhangawan 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 Dhangawan village.
Dhangawan Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
496 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,706 |
846 |
860 |
| Child (0-6) |
252 |
145 |
107 |
| Schedule Caste |
116 |
60 |
56 |
| Schedule Tribe |
1,150 |
571 |
579 |
| Literacy |
63.20 % |
74.47 % |
52.72 % |
| Total Workers |
1,015 |
557 |
458 |
| Main Worker |
636 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
379 |
93 |
286 |
Caste Factor
In Dhangawan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.80 % of total population in Dhangawan village.
Work Profile
In Dhangawan village out of total population, 1015 were engaged in work activities. 62.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 1015 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 193 were Agricultural labourer.