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Dastur Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Dastur is a medium size village located in Thakurganj Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 261 families residing. The Dastur village has population of 1198 of which 620 are males while 578 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dastur village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 17.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dastur village is 932 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dastur as per census is 1079, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dastur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dastur village was 49.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dastur Male literacy stands at 56.84 % while female literacy rate was 40.94 %.

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

Dastur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,198 620 578
Child (0-6) 210 101 109
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.29 % 56.84 % 40.94 %
Total Workers 331 260 71
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 48 12 36

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dastur village of Kishanganj district.

Work Profile

In Dastur village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 85.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.