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Dhob Population - Gaya, Bihar

Dhob is a large village located in Sherghati Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 334 families residing. The Dhob village has population of 2104 of which 1088 are males while 1016 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhob village population of children with age 0-6 is 446 which makes up 21.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhob village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhob as per census is 939, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhob village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhob village was 51.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhob Male literacy stands at 61.89 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Dhob Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 2,104 1,088 1,016
Child (0-6) 446 230 216
Schedule Caste 724 369 355
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.33 % 61.89 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 897 563 334
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 380 188 192

Caste Factor

Dhob village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.41 % of total population in Dhob village. The village Dhob currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhob village out of total population, 897 were engaged in work activities. 57.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 897 workers engaged in Main Work, 299 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 158 were Agricultural labourer.