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Dhantola Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Dhantola is a medium size village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 271 families residing. The Dhantola village has population of 1452 of which 736 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhantola village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 21.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhantola village is 973 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhantola as per census is 1032, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhantola village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhantola village was 57.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhantola Male literacy stands at 66.95 % while female literacy rate was 47.30 %.

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 271 - -
Population 1,452 736 716
Child (0-6) 315 155 160
Schedule Caste 35 18 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.34 % 66.95 % 47.30 %
Total Workers 448 378 70
Main Worker 272 - -
Marginal Worker 176 129 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.41 % of total population in Dhantola village. The village Dhantola currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhantola village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 60.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.