Dangi Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dangi is a large village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 517 families residing. The Dangi village has population of 2041 of which 1034 are males while 1007 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dangi village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dangi village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dangi as per census is 1054, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dangi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dangi village was 61.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dangi Male literacy stands at 68.87 % while female literacy rate was 54.33 %.

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

Dangi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	517	-	-
Population	2,041	1,034	1,007
Child (0-6)	230	112	118
Schedule Caste	1,124	573	551
Schedule Tribe	269	135	134
Literacy	61.73 %	68.87 %	54.33 %
Total Workers	1,047	707	340
Main Worker	801	-	-
Marginal Worker	246	114	132

Caste Factor

In Dangi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.18 % of total population in Dangi village.

Work Profile

In Dangi village out of total population, 1047 were engaged in work activities. 76.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1047 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 301 were Agricultural labourer.