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Dhaldanga Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Dhaldanga is a large village located in Khanakul - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 560 families residing. The Dhaldanga village has population of 2972 of which 1560 are males while 1412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaldanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 380 which makes up 12.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaldanga village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaldanga as per census is 881, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhaldanga village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaldanga village was 85.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhaldanga Male literacy stands at 92.12 % while female literacy rate was 77.39 %.

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

Dhaldanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 560 - -
Population 2,972 1,560 1,412
Child (0-6) 380 202 178
Schedule Caste 973 500 473
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.11 % 92.12 % 77.39 %
Total Workers 1,180 941 239
Main Worker 839 - -
Marginal Worker 341 156 185

Caste Factor

Dhaldanga village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.74 % of total population in Dhaldanga village. The village Dhaldanga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhaldanga village out of total population, 1180 were engaged in work activities. 71.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1180 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 243 were Agricultural labourer.