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Dhanpur Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Dhanpur is a medium size village located in Bakavand Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 317 families residing. The Dhanpur village has population of 1471 of which 725 are males while 746 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 227 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanpur village is 1029 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanpur as per census is 974, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Dhanpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanpur village was 59.65 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Dhanpur Male literacy stands at 75.25 % while female literacy rate was 44.64 %.

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

Dhanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 317 - -
Population 1,471 725 746
Child (0-6) 227 115 112
Schedule Caste 21 8 13
Schedule Tribe 1,105 548 557
Literacy 59.65 % 75.25 % 44.64 %
Total Workers 994 510 484
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 518 200 318

Caste Factor

In Dhanpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.12 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.43 % of total population in Dhanpur village.

Work Profile

In Dhanpur village out of total population, 994 were engaged in work activities. 47.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 994 workers engaged in Main Work, 314 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.