Dhankuni Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dhankuni is a large village located in Gaighata Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 465 families residing. The Dhankuni village has population of 2030 of which 1067 are males while 963 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankuni village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 8.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankuni village is 903 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankuni as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhankuni village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankuni village was 82.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhankuni Male literacy stands at 86.56 % while female literacy rate was 77.60 %.

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

Dhankuni Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	465	-	-
Population	2,030	1,067	963
Child (0-6)	171	92	79
Schedule Caste	759	401	358
Schedule Tribe	81	37	44
Literacy	82.30 %	86.56 %	77.60 %
Total Workers	691	636	55
Main Worker	484	-	-
Marginal Worker	207	194	13

Caste Factor

In Dhankuni village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.39 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.99 % of total population in Dhankuni village.

Work Profile

In Dhankuni village out of total population, 691 were engaged in work activities. 70.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 691 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.