# Dhonkora Village, Ausgram - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ausgram - II, Barddhaman 

# Dhonkora

Dhonkora is a village in Ausgram - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,259 people in 308 households**, the 43rd largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,259people (2011)
- 308households
- 66.6%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhonkora

Of every 100 households in Dhonkora in 2011, 33 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhonkora · ■ Ausgram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**70%

Tap water ****13%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**82%

Use banking services ****37%**

**71%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dhonkora?

■ Dhonkora · ■ Ausgram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**989

Working population ****46.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 59.0% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (33%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 338 (58%)

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 Ausgram - II

- Baksibad Pogram1,335 people
- Nawapara1,306 people
- Baradoba1,294 people
- Raghunathpur1,288 people
- Ramnagar1,242 people
- Samantapara1,240 people
- Kalaijhuti1,233 people
- Gopalmath1,220 people

[All 106 villages in Ausgram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ausgram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhonkora?1,259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhonkora in?Barddhaman district (Ausgram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhonkora?66.6% (Census 2011)