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Dhanijam Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Dhanijam is a small village located in Banei Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 32 families residing. The Dhanijam village has population of 108 of which 50 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanijam village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 20.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanijam village is 1160 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanijam as per census is 1750, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Dhanijam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanijam village was 59.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Dhanijam Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 52.27 %.

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

Dhanijam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 108 50 58
Child (0-6) 22 8 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 61 28 33
Literacy 59.30 % 66.67 % 52.27 %
Total Workers 67 35 32
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 61 29 32

Caste Factor

In Dhanijam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.48 % of total population in Dhanijam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhanijam village of Sundargarh.

Work Profile

In Dhanijam village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 8.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.