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Dhangan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhangan is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 88 families residing. The Dhangan village has population of 402 of which 206 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhangan village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 9.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhangan village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhangan as per census is 1111, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhangan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhangan village was 84.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhangan Male literacy stands at 89.36 % while female literacy rate was 79.55 %.

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

Dhangan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 402 206 196
Child (0-6) 38 18 20
Schedule Caste 32 16 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.62 % 89.36 % 79.55 %
Total Workers 207 125 82
Main Worker 142 - -
Marginal Worker 65 7 58

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.96 % of total population in Dhangan village. The village Dhangan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhangan village out of total population, 207 were engaged in work activities. 68.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 207 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.