# Dhangara Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Dhangara

Dhangara is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **593 people in 143 households**, the 83rd largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 593people (2011)
- 143households
- 43.2%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangara

Of every 100 households in Dhangara in 2011, 5 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhangara · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**36%

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

**15%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**87%

Use banking services ****5%**

**62%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**16%

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 Dhangara?

■ Dhangara · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.2%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**985

Working population ****58.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.7% for men and 35.3% for women. 63% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (36%) · **■** Other work 121 (35%) · **■** Marginal 55 (16%)

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 Vishnupur

- Jharia646 people
- Gosainpur609 people
- Harabati606 people
- Dwadas Bari604 people
- Dapanjuri590 people
- Mayara Pukur568 people
- Dhirkona559 people
- Phulbani553 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhangara?593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangara in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangara?43.2% (Census 2011)