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Dak Population - Araria, Bihar

Dak is a medium size village located in Forbesganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 304 families residing. The Dak village has population of 1537 of which 814 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dak village population of children with age 0-6 is 313 which makes up 20.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dak village is 888 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dak as per census is 969, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dak village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dak village was 55.64 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dak Male literacy stands at 65.50 % while female literacy rate was 44.29 %.

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

Dak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 304 - -
Population 1,537 814 723
Child (0-6) 313 159 154
Schedule Caste 501 245 256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.64 % 65.50 % 44.29 %
Total Workers 649 419 230
Main Worker 546 - -
Marginal Worker 103 83 20

Caste Factor

Dak village of Araria has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.60 % of total population in Dak village. The village Dak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dak village out of total population, 649 were engaged in work activities. 84.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 649 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 364 were Agricultural labourer.