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Dhunia Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dhunia is a medium size village located in Tarhasi Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 285 families residing. The Dhunia village has population of 1373 of which 687 are males while 686 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 19.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhunia village is 999 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhunia as per census is 1094, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhunia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhunia village was 61.70 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhunia Male literacy stands at 72.68 % while female literacy rate was 50.46 %.

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

Dhunia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,373 687 686
Child (0-6) 266 127 139
Schedule Caste 661 333 328
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.70 % 72.68 % 50.46 %
Total Workers 713 407 306
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 241 114 127

Caste Factor

In Dhunia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.14 % of total population in Dhunia village. The village Dhunia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhunia village out of total population, 713 were engaged in work activities. 66.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 713 workers engaged in Main Work, 210 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 251 were Agricultural labourer.