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Dahani Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Dahani is a small village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 24 families residing. The Dahani village has population of 121 of which 64 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahani village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahani village is 891 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahani as per census is 818, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dahani village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahani village was 71.29 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dahani Male literacy stands at 84.91 % while female literacy rate was 56.25 %.

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

Dahani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 121 64 57
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 38 21 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.29 % 84.91 % 56.25 %
Total Workers 82 42 40
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 53 13 40

Caste Factor

Dahani village of Jammu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.40 % of total population in Dahani village. The village Dahani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dahani village out of total population, 82 were engaged in work activities. 35.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 82 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.