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Dhanawan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Dhanawan is a medium size village located in Barachatti Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 242 families residing. The Dhanawan village has population of 1585 of which 823 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 316 which makes up 19.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanawan village is 926 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanawan as per census is 963, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanawan village was 78.96 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanawan Male literacy stands at 82.63 % while female literacy rate was 74.96 %.

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

Dhanawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,585 823 762
Child (0-6) 316 161 155
Schedule Caste 475 250 225
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.96 % 82.63 % 74.96 %
Total Workers 548 402 146
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 136 50 86

Caste Factor

Dhanawan village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.97 % of total population in Dhanawan village. The village Dhanawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanawan village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 75.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.