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Dhantola Population - Araria, Bihar

Dhantola is a large village located in Palasi Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 576 families residing. The Dhantola village has population of 2263 of which 1181 are males while 1082 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhantola village population of children with age 0-6 is 456 which makes up 20.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhantola village is 916 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhantola as per census is 966, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhantola village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhantola village was 57.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhantola Male literacy stands at 68.60 % while female literacy rate was 45.22 %.

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

Dhantola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 576 - -
Population 2,263 1,181 1,082
Child (0-6) 456 232 224
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 57.50 % 68.60 % 45.22 %
Total Workers 706 546 160
Main Worker 348 - -
Marginal Worker 358 215 143

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.22 % of total population in Dhantola village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhantola village of Araria.

Work Profile

In Dhantola village out of total population, 706 were engaged in work activities. 49.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 706 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 183 were Agricultural labourer.