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Dhankaul Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Dhankaul is a medium size village located in Ariari Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 225 families residing. The Dhankaul village has population of 1670 of which 837 are males while 833 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankaul village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 18.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankaul village is 995 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankaul as per census is 877, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhankaul village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankaul village was 58.27 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhankaul Male literacy stands at 67.70 % while female literacy rate was 49.06 %.

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

Dhankaul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,670 837 833
Child (0-6) 304 162 142
Schedule Caste 449 226 223
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.27 % 67.70 % 49.06 %
Total Workers 771 475 296
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 497 244 253

Caste Factor

Dhankaul village of Sheikhpura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.89 % of total population in Dhankaul village. The village Dhankaul currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhankaul village out of total population, 771 were engaged in work activities. 35.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 771 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.