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Dhankar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhankar is a large village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 626 families residing. The Dhankar village has population of 2667 of which 1369 are males while 1298 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 10.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhankar village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhankar as per census is 1141, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhankar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhankar village was 89.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhankar Male literacy stands at 93.80 % while female literacy rate was 84.55 %.

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

Dhankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 626 - -
Population 2,667 1,369 1,298
Child (0-6) 274 128 146
Schedule Caste 57 29 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.34 % 93.80 % 84.55 %
Total Workers 1,384 896 488
Main Worker 601 - -
Marginal Worker 783 366 417

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.14 % of total population in Dhankar village. The village Dhankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhankar village out of total population, 1384 were engaged in work activities. 43.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1384 workers engaged in Main Work, 365 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.