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Dhankhedi Population - Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Dhankhedi is a medium size village located in Akkalkuwa Taluka of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra with total 64 families residing. The Dhankhedi village has population of 295 of which 139 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankhedi village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 21.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankhedi village is 1122 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankhedi as per census is 778, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Dhankhedi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankhedi village was 20.35 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Dhankhedi Male literacy stands at 23.30 % while female literacy rate was 17.97 %.

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

Dhankhedi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 295 139 156
Child (0-6) 64 36 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 292 139 153
Literacy 20.35 % 23.30 % 17.97 %
Total Workers 134 62 72
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 5 0 5

Caste Factor

In Dhankhedi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.98 % of total population in Dhankhedi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhankhedi village of Nandurbar.

Work Profile

In Dhankhedi village out of total population, 134 were engaged in work activities. 96.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 134 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.