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Dhanganwan Population - Nawada, Bihar

Dhanganwan is a medium size village located in Meskaur Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 300 families residing. The Dhanganwan village has population of 1821 of which 858 are males while 963 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanganwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 365 which makes up 20.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanganwan village is 1122 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanganwan as per census is 862, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dhanganwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanganwan village was 60.37 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dhanganwan Male literacy stands at 74.47 % while female literacy rate was 48.61 %.

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

Dhanganwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,821 858 963
Child (0-6) 365 196 169
Schedule Caste 472 219 253
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.37 % 74.47 % 48.61 %
Total Workers 476 277 199
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 392 209 183

Caste Factor

Dhanganwan village of Nawada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.92 % of total population in Dhanganwan village. The village Dhanganwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanganwan village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 17.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.