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Dostia Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Dostia is a large village located in Sonbarsa Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 1471 families residing. The Dostia village has population of 6852 of which 3600 are males while 3252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dostia village population of children with age 0-6 is 1396 which makes up 20.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dostia village is 903 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dostia as per census is 923, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dostia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dostia village was 51.59 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dostia Male literacy stands at 63.12 % while female literacy rate was 38.77 %.

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

Dostia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,471 - -
Population 6,852 3,600 3,252
Child (0-6) 1,396 726 670
Schedule Caste 1,036 548 488
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.59 % 63.12 % 38.77 %
Total Workers 2,216 1,727 489
Main Worker 1,536 - -
Marginal Worker 680 360 320

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.12 % of total population in Dostia village. The village Dostia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dostia village out of total population, 2216 were engaged in work activities. 69.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2216 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 874 were Agricultural labourer.