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Dhanurhat Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dhanurhat is a medium size village located in Mandirbazar Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 192 families residing. The Dhanurhat village has population of 823 of which 438 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanurhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 10.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanurhat village is 879 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanurhat as per census is 809, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanurhat village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanurhat village was 85.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanurhat Male literacy stands at 92.33 % while female literacy rate was 78.67 %.

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

Dhanurhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 823 438 385
Child (0-6) 85 47 38
Schedule Caste 690 364 326
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.91 % 92.33 % 78.67 %
Total Workers 326 262 64
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 232 190 42

Caste Factor

In Dhanurhat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.84 % of total population in Dhanurhat village. The village Dhanurhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanurhat village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 28.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.