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Dantra Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Dantra is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 238 families residing. The Dantra village has population of 1012 of which 514 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dantra village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 8.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dantra village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dantra as per census is 735, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dantra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dantra village was 73.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dantra Male literacy stands at 77.20 % while female literacy rate was 69.05 %.

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

Dantra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,012 514 498
Child (0-6) 85 49 36
Schedule Caste 249 128 121
Schedule Tribe 217 110 107
Literacy 73.14 % 77.20 % 69.05 %
Total Workers 575 349 226
Main Worker 410 - -
Marginal Worker 165 44 121

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.44 % of total population in Dantra village.

Work Profile

In Dantra village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 71.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 268 were Agricultural labourer.