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Dhaneshwari Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhaneshwari is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Dhaneshwari village has population of 512 of which 264 are males while 248 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaneshwari village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 10.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaneshwari village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaneshwari as per census is 410, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhaneshwari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaneshwari village was 91.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhaneshwari Male literacy stands at 96.44 % while female literacy rate was 86.21 %.

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

Dhaneshwari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 512 264 248
Child (0-6) 55 39 16
Schedule Caste 191 102 89
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 91.25 % 96.44 % 86.21 %
Total Workers 282 161 121
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 239 126 113

Caste Factor

In Dhaneshwari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.37 % of total population in Dhaneshwari village.

Work Profile

In Dhaneshwari village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 15.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.