# Dharanda Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dharanda

Dharanda is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,017 people in 247 households**, the 34th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,017people (2011)
- 247households
- 86.3%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharanda

Of every 100 households in Dharanda in 2011, 74 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dharanda · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**86%

Use banking services ****72%**

**36%

Television ****60%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Dharanda?

■ Dharanda · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****38.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 82.0% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 73 (19%) · **■** Other work 299 (77%) · **■** Marginal 12 (3%)

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 Hilli

- Ujal1,158 people
- Tior1,133 people
- Banara1,114 people
- Lakma1,036 people
- Panjul1,014 people
- Balpara980 people
- Chakurpai959 people
- Mulahat956 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharanda?1,017 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharanda?86.3% (Census 2011)