# Dhananjaypur, Murarai - I, Birbhum – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Dhananjaypur

Dhananjaypur is a village in [Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/) sub-district of [Birbhum](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,324 people in 710 households**, the 15th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 3,324people (2011)
- 710households
- 55.1%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhananjaypur

Of every 100 households in Dhananjaypur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhananjaypur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****3%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhananjaypur?

■ Dhananjaypur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**983

Working population ****28.3%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 49.8% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 208 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 485 (51%) · **■** Household industry 30 (3%) · **■** Other work 162 (17%) · **■** Marginal 57 (6%)

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 Murarai - I

- Banarampur3,786 people
- Bahadurpur3,684 people
- Uttar Kasila3,562 people
- Khanpur3,340 people
- Kahinagar3,172 people
- Duria3,012 people
- Kamdebnala2,931 people
- Ratanpur2,840 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Other places named Dhananjaypur

- Dhananjaypur · Village, Ranibundh, Bankura · 248 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhananjaypur?3,324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhananjaypur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhananjaypur?55.1% (Census 2011)