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Dhangaon Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Dhangaon is a medium size village located in Gumla Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 248 families residing. The Dhangaon village has population of 1342 of which 675 are males while 667 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhangaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhangaon village is 988 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhangaon as per census is 836, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhangaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhangaon village was 65.65 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhangaon Male literacy stands at 74.32 % while female literacy rate was 57.17 %.

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

Dhangaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,342 675 667
Child (0-6) 224 122 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,196 597 599
Literacy 65.65 % 74.32 % 57.17 %
Total Workers 1,152 574 578
Main Worker 952 - -
Marginal Worker 200 85 115

Caste Factor

In Dhangaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.12 % of total population in Dhangaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhangaon village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Dhangaon village out of total population, 1152 were engaged in work activities. 82.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1152 workers engaged in Main Work, 312 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 631 were Agricultural labourer.