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Dharangar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dharangar is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 60 families residing. The Dharangar village has population of 269 of which 139 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharangar village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharangar village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharangar as per census is 609, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dharangar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharangar village was 47.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dharangar Male literacy stands at 58.62 % while female literacy rate was 36.21 %.

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

Dharangar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 269 139 130
Child (0-6) 37 23 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 259 133 126
Literacy 47.41 % 58.62 % 36.21 %
Total Workers 155 81 74
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 124 51 73

Caste Factor

In Dharangar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.28 % of total population in Dharangar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dharangar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dharangar village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 20.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.