# Dhantikari Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Dhantikari

Dhantikari is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **506 people in 128 households**, the 186th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 506people (2011)
- 128households
- 79.1%literacy
- 1,082females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhantikari

Of every 100 households in Dhantikari in 2011, 47 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhantikari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****19%**

**58%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

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 Dhantikari?

■ Dhantikari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**962

Working population ****27.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 73.3% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 8 (6%) · **■** Other work 27 (20%) · **■** Marginal 102 (74%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Masuria530 people
- Uttar Jagannathpur525 people
- Nalthoba524 people
- Dakshin Fatepur511 people
- Hatkamalpur500 people
- Uliara488 people
- Heregari486 people
- Madhupur478 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhantikari?506 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhantikari in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhantikari?79.1% (Census 2011)