# Dhanikhali Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/dhanikhali/

Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dhanikhali

Dhanikhali is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 335 households**, the 37th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 335households
- 80.7%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanikhali

Of every 100 households in Dhanikhali in 2011, 15 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhanikhali · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**22%

Tap water ****3%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**54%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dhanikhali?

■ Dhanikhali · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**974

Working population ****44.5%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 66.0% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (39%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 233 (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 Hingalganj

- Putiamathbari1,663 people
- Sarapkathi1,636 people
- Kothabbari1,625 people
- Paschim Khejurbaria1,418 people
- Kathal Baria1,325 people
- Ketarchak994 people
- Kakaria742 people
- Singherkati277 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanikhali?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanikhali in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanikhali?80.7% (Census 2011)