# Dhobaru Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Dhobaru

Dhobaru is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **859 people in 198 households**, the 42nd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 859people (2011)
- 198households
- 55.0%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhobaru

Of every 100 households in Dhobaru in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhobaru · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**70%

Use banking services ****77%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****61%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dhobaru?

■ Dhobaru · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**976

Working population ****53.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.2% for men and 48.0% for women. 59% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (56%) · **■** Other work 31 (7%) · **■** Marginal 153 (33%)

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 Kanksa

- Piariganj1,146 people
- Raghunathpur988 people
- Sasipur939 people
- Dandeshwar897 people
- Keshabpur832 people
- Paschim Gangarampur780 people
- Garadaha745 people
- Satkahania725 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhobaru?859 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhobaru in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhobaru?55.0% (Census 2011)