# Dhanghara Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Dhanghara

Dhanghara is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **782 people in 173 households**, the 64th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 782people (2011)
- 173households
- 60.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanghara

Of every 100 households in Dhanghara in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanghara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**45%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****15%**

**55%

Television ****5%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**32%

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 Dhanghara?

■ Dhanghara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**975

Working population ****42.6%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 48.5% for women. 58% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%) · **■** Marginal 269 (81%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Idrakpur850 people
- Pipulgram835 people
- Purba Kalikapur834 people
- Tarachi794 people
- Gopalnagar771 people
- Diara760 people
- Gayaspur756 people
- Tekedda749 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanghara?782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanghara in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanghara?60.9% (Census 2011)