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Dhakni Population - Nawada, Bihar

Dhakni is a medium size village located in Gobindpur Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 145 families residing. The Dhakni village has population of 1089 of which 563 are males while 526 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakni village population of children with age 0-6 is 247 which makes up 22.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakni village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakni as per census is 885, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhakni village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakni village was 33.37 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhakni Male literacy stands at 47.22 % while female literacy rate was 18.78 %.

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

Dhakni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 145 - -
Population 1,089 563 526
Child (0-6) 247 131 116
Schedule Caste 470 239 231
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 33.37 % 47.22 % 18.78 %
Total Workers 548 286 262
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 277 92 185

Caste Factor

In Dhakni village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.16 % of total population in Dhakni village. The village Dhakni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhakni village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 49.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.