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Dhakhar Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhakhar is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 214 families residing. The Dhakhar village has population of 1050 of which 534 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhakhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 17.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhakhar village is 966 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhakhar as per census is 800, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhakhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhakhar village was 76.55 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhakhar Male literacy stands at 84.56 % while female literacy rate was 68.58 %.

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

Dhakhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 214 - -
Population 1,050 534 516
Child (0-6) 180 100 80
Schedule Caste 241 123 118
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.55 % 84.56 % 68.58 %
Total Workers 234 225 9
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 148 148 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.95 % of total population in Dhakhar village. The village Dhakhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhakhar village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 36.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.