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Dhanghara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhanghara is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Dhanghara village has population of 462 of which 251 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanghara village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 6.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanghara village is 841 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanghara as per census is 450, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanghara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanghara village was 89.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanghara Male literacy stands at 94.37 % while female literacy rate was 83.17 %.

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

Dhanghara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 462 251 211
Child (0-6) 29 20 9
Schedule Caste 19 13 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.15 % 94.37 % 83.17 %
Total Workers 217 159 58
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 88 41 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.11 % of total population in Dhanghara village. The village Dhanghara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanghara village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 59.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.