Dhankarha Population, Caste, Working Data Rohtas, Bihar - Census 2011

Dhankarha is a village situated in Sasaram block of Rohtas district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 422 families residing in the village Dhankarha. The total population of Dhankarha is 2,696 out of which 1,404 are males and 1,292 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dhankarha is 920.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dhankarha village is 539 which is 20% of the total population. There are 286 male children and 253 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dhankarha is 885 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (920) of Dhankarha village.

Population
2,696
Families
422
Literacy
70.51%
Sex Ratio
920

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dhankarha is 70.5%. Thus Dhankarha village has higher literacy rate compared to 60.8% of Rohtas district. The male literacy rate is 81.4% and the female literacy rate is 58.81% in Dhankarha village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dhankarha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dhankarha Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dhankarha village.

Total Male Female
Children 539 286 253
Literacy 70.51% 81.4% 58.81%
Scheduled Caste 480 248 232
Scheduled Tribe 87 43 44
Illiterate 1,175 494 681

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.2% of total population in Dhankarha village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dhankarha village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 57.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 371 349 22
Cultivators 201 194 7
Agriculture Labourer 103 99 4
Household Industries 13 11 2
Other Workers 54 45 9
Marginal Workers 279 264 15
Non Working 2,046 791 1,255

Nearby Villages to Dhankarha,

Below are the list of villages near Dhankarha village in Sasaram.

Village Population
Kurdaun 711
Kanchanpur 1,274
Kanchanpur 2,865
Lerua 2,984
Gajdwahi 2,678
Mednipur 2,084
Fazilpur 334
Dhaudanr 5,816
Gaeghat 1,481
Admapur 1,746

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