# Dank Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Dank

Dank is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,263 people in 266 households**, the 83rd largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,263people (2011)
- 266households
- 74.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dank

Of every 100 households in Dank in 2011, 90 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dank · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

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

**28%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****28%**

**55%

Television ****17%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**14%

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 Dank?

■ Dank · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1153**

**983

Working population ****30.1%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 68.1% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (34%) · **■** Other work 87 (23%) · **■** Marginal 87 (23%)

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 Haripal

- Raghunathpur1,287 people
- Krishna Ballabhbati1,277 people
- Chak Dumur1,273 people
- Kinkarkati1,267 people
- Maheshwarpur1,252 people
- Gosha1,247 people
- Chitrashali1,221 people
- Brahmanpara1,220 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dank?1,263 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dank in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dank?74.7% (Census 2011)