# Dhanigram Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Dhanigram

Dhanigram is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,840 people in 424 households**, the 53rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,840people (2011)
- 424households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanigram

Of every 100 households in Dhanigram in 2011, 13 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanigram · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**27%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Dhanigram?

■ Dhanigram · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**960

Working population ****49.4%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 57.8% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (39%) · **■** Household industry 48 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (4%) · **■** Marginal 359 (39%)

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 Khargram

- Ninur1,970 people
- Palsanda1,969 people
- Barar1,954 people
- Bagrain1,921 people
- Garutia1,832 people
- Kalgram1,824 people
- Titidanga1,782 people
- Kharsa1,746 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanigram?1,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanigram in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanigram?66.6% (Census 2011)