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Dhanawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dhanawan is a medium size village located in Parbalpur Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 253 families residing. The Dhanawan village has population of 1499 of which 788 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 247 which makes up 16.48 % 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 1008, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanawan village was 73.64 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanawan Male literacy stands at 82.86 % while female literacy rate was 63.20 %.

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 253 - -
Population 1,499 788 711
Child (0-6) 247 123 124
Schedule Caste 62 38 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.64 % 82.86 % 63.20 %
Total Workers 1,079 581 498
Main Worker 399 - -
Marginal Worker 680 393 287

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.14 % 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, 1079 were engaged in work activities. 36.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1079 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.