Dhobania Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhobania is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 127 families residing. The Dhobania village has population of 541 of which 286 are males while 255 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhobania village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 10.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhobania village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhobania as per census is 933, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhobania village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhobania village was 89.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhobania Male literacy stands at 96.48 % while female literacy rate was 82.38 %.

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

Dhobania Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	127	-	-
Population	541	286	255
Child (0-6)	58	30	28
Schedule Caste	425	223	202
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	89.86 %	96.48 %	82.38 %
Total Workers	313	174	139
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	188	58	130

Caste Factor

In Dhobania village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.56 % of total population in Dhobania village. The village Dhobania currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhobania village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 39.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.