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Dhanaj Population - Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Dhanaj is a large village located in Umarkhed Taluka of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra with total 553 families residing. The Dhanaj village has population of 2594 of which 1332 are males while 1262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 433 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanaj village is 947 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanaj as per census is 1072, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dhanaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanaj village was 74.18 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dhanaj Male literacy stands at 82.64 % while female literacy rate was 65.03 %.

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

Dhanaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 553 - -
Population 2,594 1,332 1,262
Child (0-6) 433 209 224
Schedule Caste 202 118 84
Schedule Tribe 1,798 920 878
Literacy 74.18 % 82.64 % 65.03 %
Total Workers 1,352 747 605
Main Worker 1,293 - -
Marginal Worker 59 31 28

Caste Factor

In Dhanaj village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.79 % of total population in Dhanaj village.

Work Profile

In Dhanaj village out of total population, 1352 were engaged in work activities. 95.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1352 workers engaged in Main Work, 313 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 901 were Agricultural labourer.