# Dhunai Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Dhunai

Dhunai is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,463 people in 318 households**, the 31st largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,463people (2011)
- 318households
- 80.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhunai

Of every 100 households in Dhunai in 2011, 80 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhunai · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**45%

Tap water ****50%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**83%

Use banking services ****99%**

**67%

Television ****52%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dhunai?

■ Dhunai · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1151**

**963

Working population ****34.5%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 72.5% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (24%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 158 (31%) · **■** Marginal 158 (31%)

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 Memari - II

- Bamunpukur1,603 people
- Nanna1,505 people
- Ganti1,501 people
- Banagram1,484 people
- Tajpur1,423 people
- Malamba1,397 people
- Senpur1,367 people
- Unte1,329 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhunai?1,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhunai in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhunai?80.0% (Census 2011)