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Dhantor Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Dhantor is a medium size village located in Ausgram - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 154 families residing. The Dhantor village has population of 574 of which 299 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhantor village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 11.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhantor village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhantor as per census is 970, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhantor village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhantor village was 81.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhantor Male literacy stands at 89.10 % while female literacy rate was 74.07 %.

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

Dhantor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 574 299 275
Child (0-6) 65 33 32
Schedule Caste 71 37 34
Schedule Tribe 14 10 4
Literacy 81.93 % 89.10 % 74.07 %
Total Workers 251 187 64
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 210 150 60

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.37 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.44 % of total population in Dhantor village.

Work Profile

In Dhantor village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 16.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.