# Dhobajor Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Dhobajor

Dhobajor is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,733 people in 351 households**, the 25th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,733people (2011)
- 351households
- 66.1%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhobajor

Of every 100 households in Dhobajor in 2011, 19 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhobajor · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****80%**

**59%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**19%

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 Dhobajor?

■ Dhobajor · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**978

Working population ****39.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 54.9% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 231 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (24%) · **■** Other work 116 (17%) · **■** Marginal 167 (25%)

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 Taldangra

- Satmauli2,082 people
- Manara2,021 people
- Belasuli Shyamsundarpur1,887 people
- Tilaghagri1,850 people
- Paryardang1,712 people
- Taldangra1,581 people
- Saltara1,510 people
- Khalgram1,486 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhobajor?1,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhobajor in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhobajor?66.1% (Census 2011)