DNN – WARD NO 1

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Darbhanga Ward No 01

Darbhanga Ward No 01, with population of 8689 is Darbhanga city’s the 3rd most populous ward, located in Darbhanga sub district of Darbhanga district in the state Bihar in India.

Demographics
The ward is home to 8689 people, among them 4524 (52%) are male and 4165 (48%) are female. 92% of the whole population are from general caste, 8% are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Darbhanga Ward No 01 is 17%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 1593 households in the ward and an average 5 persons live in every family.

Growth of population
Population of the ward has increased by 33.2% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 6521. Female population growth rate of the ward is 34.7% which is 2.7% higher than male population growth rate of 32%. General caste population has increased by 32.9%; Schedule caste population has increased by 36.9% and child population has increased by 15.3% in the ward since last census.

Sex Ratio – Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 921 females per 1000 male in the ward. Sex ratio in general caste is 922, in schedule caste is 905. There are 918 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the ward. Overall sex ratio in the ward has increased by 19 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 28 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy
Total 4890 people in the ward are literate, among them 2819 are male and 2071 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Darbhanga WARD NO.-0001 is 68%. 75% of male and 60% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the ward has increased by 13%. Male literacy has gone up by 12% and female literacy rate has gone up by 15%.

Workers profile
Darbhanga WARD NO.-0001 has 25% (2196) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 44% male and 5% female population are working population. 39% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 5% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 4% of total female population are main and 1% are marginal workers.

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