# Dhirkona Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Dhirkona

Dhirkona is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **559 people in 127 households**, the 86th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 559people (2011)
- 127households
- 47.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhirkona

Of every 100 households in Dhirkona in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhirkona · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**24%

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

**3%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****63%**

**62%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Dhirkona?

■ Dhirkona · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**985

Working population ****50.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 32.5% for women. 60% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (32%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 173 (61%)

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

- Dwadas Bari604 people
- Dhangara593 people
- Dapanjuri590 people
- Mayara Pukur568 people
- Phulbani553 people
- Chitrang552 people
- Thakurpur539 people
- Saluka521 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhirkona?559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhirkona in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhirkona?47.3% (Census 2011)