# Dhanarangi Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Dhanarangi

Dhanarangi is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,635 people in 331 households**, the 11th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,635people (2011)
- 331households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanarangi

Of every 100 households in Dhanarangi in 2011, 40 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanarangi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**90%

Use banking services ****15%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dhanarangi?

■ Dhanarangi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**969

Working population ****33.9%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 59.6% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (18%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 75 (14%) · **■** Marginal 144 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hirbandh

- Dighi1,937 people
- Gobarda1,865 people
- Guniada1,772 people
- Hir Bandh1,733 people
- Jibanpur1,567 people
- Chanpasol1,538 people
- Paira1,516 people
- Elora1,504 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanarangi?1,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanarangi in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanarangi?69.5% (Census 2011)