# Dhau Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Dhau

Dhau is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **839 people in 183 households**, the 80th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 839people (2011)
- 183households
- 71.4%literacy
- 1,072females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhau

Of every 100 households in Dhau in 2011, 49 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhau · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**66%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dhau?

■ Dhau · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**930

Working population ****58.6%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 61.5% for women. 65% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (6%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 343 (70%)

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 Raipur

- Debsol891 people
- Babaida861 people
- Hatkata859 people
- Narayanpur858 people
- Madanpur836 people
- Chorkul814 people
- Murachhara813 people
- Salbani803 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhau?839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhau in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhau?71.4% (Census 2011)