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Dantal Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Dantal is a medium size village located in Pokaran Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 260 families residing. The Dantal village has population of 1716 of which 915 are males while 801 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dantal village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 18.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dantal village is 875 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Dantal as per census is 981, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Dantal village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Dantal village was 60.77 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Dantal Male literacy stands at 77.32 % while female literacy rate was 41.37 %.

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

Dantal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,716 915 801
Child (0-6) 319 161 158
Schedule Caste 187 99 88
Schedule Tribe 364 193 171
Literacy 60.77 % 77.32 % 41.37 %
Total Workers 983 522 461
Main Worker 807 - -
Marginal Worker 176 89 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.90 % of total population in Dantal village.

Work Profile

In Dantal village out of total population, 983 were engaged in work activities. 82.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 983 workers engaged in Main Work, 635 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.