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Dantuta Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dantuta is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 272 families residing. The Dantuta village has population of 1406 of which 730 are males while 676 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dantuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 21.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dantuta village is 926 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dantuta as per census is 942, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dantuta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dantuta village was 54.38 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dantuta Male literacy stands at 66.49 % while female literacy rate was 41.24 %.

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

Dantuta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 1,406 730 676
Child (0-6) 299 154 145
Schedule Caste 13 8 5
Schedule Tribe 271 132 139
Literacy 54.38 % 66.49 % 41.24 %
Total Workers 397 364 33
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 89 75 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 19.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.92 % of total population in Dantuta village.

Work Profile

In Dantuta village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 77.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.