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Dhikanya Population - Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh

Dhikanya is a medium size village located in Malhargarh Tehsil of Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 245 families residing. The Dhikanya village has population of 1044 of which 536 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhikanya village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhikanya village is 948 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhikanya as per census is 813, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Dhikanya village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhikanya village was 71.01 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Dhikanya Male literacy stands at 85.59 % while female literacy rate was 55.92 %.

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

Dhikanya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,044 536 508
Child (0-6) 116 64 52
Schedule Caste 573 300 273
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 71.01 % 85.59 % 55.92 %
Total Workers 549 306 243
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 96 9 87

Caste Factor

In Dhikanya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.19 % of total population in Dhikanya village.

Work Profile

In Dhikanya village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 82.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 235 were Agricultural labourer.