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Dhanguri Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Dhanguri is a medium size village located in Salanpur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Dhanguri village has population of 1318 of which 692 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanguri village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 11.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanguri village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanguri as per census is 1027, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanguri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanguri village was 79.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanguri Male literacy stands at 89.34 % while female literacy rate was 67.70 %.

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

Dhanguri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,318 692 626
Child (0-6) 148 73 75
Schedule Caste 1,156 611 545
Schedule Tribe 82 40 42
Literacy 79.15 % 89.34 % 67.70 %
Total Workers 433 379 54
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 66 52 14

Caste Factor

In Dhanguri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.22 % of total population in Dhanguri village.

Work Profile

In Dhanguri village out of total population, 433 were engaged in work activities. 84.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 433 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.