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Dhanawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dhanawan is a large village located in Sarmera Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 456 families residing. The Dhanawan village has population of 2692 of which 1415 are males while 1277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 424 which makes up 15.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanawan village is 902 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanawan as per census is 828, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanawan village was 74.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanawan Male literacy stands at 83.26 % while female literacy rate was 65.62 %.

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

Dhanawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 456 - -
Population 2,692 1,415 1,277
Child (0-6) 424 232 192
Schedule Caste 515 267 248
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.82 % 83.26 % 65.62 %
Total Workers 823 627 196
Main Worker 329 - -
Marginal Worker 494 338 156

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.13 % of total population in Dhanawan village. The village Dhanawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanawan village out of total population, 823 were engaged in work activities. 39.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 823 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.