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Dhunria Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhunria is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 267 families residing. The Dhunria village has population of 1170 of which 585 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhunria village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 15.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhunria village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhunria as per census is 1382, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhunria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhunria village was 47.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhunria Male literacy stands at 55.99 % while female literacy rate was 38.33 %.

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

Dhunria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 267 - -
Population 1,170 585 585
Child (0-6) 181 76 105
Schedule Caste 200 97 103
Schedule Tribe 829 404 425
Literacy 47.42 % 55.99 % 38.33 %
Total Workers 586 346 240
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 386 182 204

Caste Factor

In Dhunria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.09 % of total population in Dhunria village.

Work Profile

In Dhunria village out of total population, 586 were engaged in work activities. 34.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 586 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.