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Dhangar Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhangar is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 150 families residing. The Dhangar village has population of 696 of which 345 are males while 351 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhangar village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhangar village is 1017 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhangar as per census is 778, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhangar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhangar village was 86.17 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhangar Male literacy stands at 93.13 % while female literacy rate was 79.61 %.

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

Dhangar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 696 345 351
Child (0-6) 96 54 42
Schedule Caste 327 164 163
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.17 % 93.13 % 79.61 %
Total Workers 238 175 63
Main Worker 194 - -
Marginal Worker 44 19 25

Caste Factor

In Dhangar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.98 % of total population in Dhangar village. The village Dhangar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhangar village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 81.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.