Dhanbad is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 8 Taluks, 1159 villages and 46 towns in Dhanbad district.
As per the Census India 2011, Dhanbad district has 507064 households, population of 2684487 of which 1405956 are males and 1278531 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 373394 which is 13.91% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Dhanbad district is around
909 compared to
948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Dhanbad district is 64.15% out of which 72.19% males are literate and 55.32% females are literate. The total area of Dhanbad is 2040 sq.km with population density of 1316 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 41.87% of population lives in Urban area and 58.13% lives in Rural area. There are 16.29% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 8.68% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dhanbad district.
Dhanbad Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 2684487 | 100% |
Hindu | 2149480 | 80.07% |
Muslim | 431762 | 16.08% |
Other religions and persuasions | 77182 | 2.88% |
Christian | 11243 | 0.42% |
Sikh | 9727 | 0.36% |
Religion not stated | 3494 | 0.13% |
Jain | 1268 | 0.05% |
Buddhist | 331 | 0.01% |
Dhanbad Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 181.24 | 1858.76 |
Number of households | 296040 | 211024 |
Total Population | 1560394 | 1124093 |
Population (%) | 52.81% | 48.23% |
Male Population | 824000 | 581956 |
Female Population | 736394 | 542137 |
Sex Ratio | 894 | 932 |
Literacy (%) | 68.76% | 57.76% |
List of Taluks in Dhanbad
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