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Dhank Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Dhank is a medium size village located in Mahasamund Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 309 families residing. The Dhank village has population of 1200 of which 607 are males while 593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhank village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 15.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhank village is 977 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhank as per census is 1077, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dhank village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhank village was 76.16 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dhank Male literacy stands at 87.79 % while female literacy rate was 64.04 %.

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

Dhank Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,200 607 593
Child (0-6) 189 91 98
Schedule Caste 40 18 22
Schedule Tribe 276 133 143
Literacy 76.16 % 87.79 % 64.04 %
Total Workers 685 372 313
Main Worker 580 - -
Marginal Worker 105 51 54

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 23.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.33 % of total population in Dhank village.

Work Profile

In Dhank village out of total population, 685 were engaged in work activities. 84.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 685 workers engaged in Main Work, 388 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.