# Dharsona Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Dharsona

Dharsona is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,619 people in 760 households**, the 18th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 3,619people (2011)
- 760households
- 64.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharsona

Of every 100 households in Dharsona in 2011, 13 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dharsona · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**60%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**59%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**36%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dharsona?

■ Dharsona · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1189**

**986

Working population ****28.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 60.5% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 221 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 452 (44%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 100 (10%) · **■** Marginal 254 (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 Mangolkote

- Gobardhanpur4,227 people
- Pindira3,788 people
- Durmut3,787 people
- Paligram3,658 people
- Krishnabati3,596 people
- Bhalugram3,494 people
- Gatistha3,475 people
- Deulia3,465 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharsona?3,619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharsona in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharsona?64.9% (Census 2011)