Dhau Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dhau is a medium size village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 183 families residing. The Dhau village has population of 839 of which 405 are males while 434 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhau village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhau village is 1072 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhau as per census is 945, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhau village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhau village was 71.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhau Male literacy stands at 82.29 % while female literacy rate was 61.52 %.

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

Dhau Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	183	-	-
Population	839	405	434
Child (0-6)	107	55	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	604	283	321
Literacy	71.45 %	82.29 %	61.52 %
Total Workers	492	263	229
Main Worker	149	-	-
Marginal Worker	343	126	217

Caste Factor

In Dhau village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.99 % of total population in Dhau village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhau village of Bankura.

Work Profile

In Dhau village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 30.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.