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Dhanhar Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Dhanhar is a large village located in Warisnagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 1085 families residing. The Dhanhar village has population of 4737 of which 2505 are males while 2232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 844 which makes up 17.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanhar village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanhar as per census is 927, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanhar village was 58.31 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanhar Male literacy stands at 70.00 % while female literacy rate was 45.07 %.

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

Dhanhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,085 - -
Population 4,737 2,505 2,232
Child (0-6) 844 438 406
Schedule Caste 1,701 887 814
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.31 % 70.00 % 45.07 %
Total Workers 1,769 1,352 417
Main Worker 1,166 - -
Marginal Worker 603 375 228

Caste Factor

In Dhanhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.91 % of total population in Dhanhar village. The village Dhanhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanhar village out of total population, 1769 were engaged in work activities. 65.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1769 workers engaged in Main Work, 314 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 674 were Agricultural labourer.