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Dank Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Dank is a medium size village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 266 families residing. The Dank village has population of 1263 of which 657 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dank village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dank village is 922 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dank as per census is 1153, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dank village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dank village was 74.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dank Male literacy stands at 80.68 % while female literacy rate was 68.07 %.

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

Dank Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,263 657 606
Child (0-6) 155 72 83
Schedule Caste 531 280 251
Schedule Tribe 20 10 10
Literacy 74.73 % 80.68 % 68.07 %
Total Workers 380 345 35
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 87 71 16

Caste Factor

In Dank village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.58 % of total population in Dank village.

Work Profile

In Dank village out of total population, 380 were engaged in work activities. 77.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 380 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 129 were Agricultural labourer.