Dhanout Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhanout is a small village located in Chaupal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 35 families residing. The Dhanout village has population of 176 of which 89 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanout village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 9.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanout village is 978 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanout as per census is 1429, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhanout village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanout village was 72.96 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhanout Male literacy stands at 81.71 % while female literacy rate was 63.64 %.

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

Dhanout Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	35	-	-
Population	176	89	87
Child (0-6)	17	7	10
Schedule Caste	83	40	43
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.96 %	81.71 %	63.64 %
Total Workers	118	60	58
Main Worker	80	-	-
Marginal Worker	38	16	22

Caste Factor

In Dhanout village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.16 % of total population in Dhanout village. The village Dhanout currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanout village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 67.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.