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Dhand Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Dhand is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 99 families residing. The Dhand village has population of 517 of which 252 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhand village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 16.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhand village is 1052 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhand as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhand village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhand village was 51.04 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhand Male literacy stands at 59.81 % while female literacy rate was 42.79 %.

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

Dhand Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 517 252 265
Child (0-6) 86 43 43
Schedule Caste 40 18 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.04 % 59.81 % 42.79 %
Total Workers 385 188 197
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 290 133 157

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.74 % of total population in Dhand village. The village Dhand currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhand village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 24.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.