Village · Bharatpur - II, Murshidabad
# Dhursunda

Dhursunda is a village in Bharatpur - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 927 people in 194 households, the 42nd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.
- 927 people (2011)
- 194 households
- 68.5% literacy
- 968 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhursunda

Of every 100 households in Dhursunda in 2011, 34 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhursunda · ■ Bharatpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 34% 34%
- Toilet within the home 18% 40%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 58%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 27%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 90%
- Use banking services 98% 48%
- Television 19% 20%
- Mobile phone 7% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 38% 43%
- Own their home 96% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dhursunda?

■ Dhursunda · ■ Bharatpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.5% 65.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 968 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1101 970
- Working population 30.3% 35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 63.2% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 86 (31%) · ■ Farm labourers 84 (30%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 39 (14%) · ■ Marginal 70 (25%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bharatpur - II
- Ramnabarakhari 1,337 people
- Jaulia 1,257 people
- Korgram 1,170 people
- Sen Para 1,011 people
- Katundi 733 people
- Kechunia 580 people
- Ghana Shyampur 568 people
- Rautari 470 people

All 51 villages in Bharatpur - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dhursunda? 927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhursunda in? Murshidabad district (Bharatpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhursunda? 68.5% (Census 2011)

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