# Dhanyagachhi Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhanyagachhi

Dhanyagachhi is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,000 people in 594 households**, the 6th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 3,000people (2011)
- 594households
- 87.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanyagachhi

Of every 100 households in Dhanyagachhi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanyagachhi · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**63%

Tap water ****81%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****70%**

**54%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Dhanyagachhi?

■ Dhanyagachhi · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**974

Working population ****28.4%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 80.7% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 552 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (15%) · **■** Other work 96 (11%) · **■** Marginal 74 (9%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Jhakra4,993 people
- Bala4,604 people
- Murakata4,411 people
- Kuapur3,215 people
- Kenchkapur2,863 people
- Bandipur2,829 people
- Maheshpur2,771 people
- Bhairabpur2,720 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanyagachhi?3,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanyagachhi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanyagachhi?87.7% (Census 2011)