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Dhalam Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Dhalam is a medium size village located in Basna Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 127 families residing. The Dhalam village has population of 595 of which 304 are males while 291 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhalam village is 957 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhalam as per census is 600, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dhalam village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhalam village was 74.38 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dhalam Male literacy stands at 84.94 % while female literacy rate was 64.02 %.

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

Dhalam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 595 304 291
Child (0-6) 72 45 27
Schedule Caste 53 30 23
Schedule Tribe 37 19 18
Literacy 74.38 % 84.94 % 64.02 %
Total Workers 352 188 164
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 151 23 128

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.22 % of total population in Dhalam village.

Work Profile

In Dhalam village out of total population, 352 were engaged in work activities. 57.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 352 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.