# Dhaneswarpur Village, Dantan - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhaneswarpur

Dhaneswarpur is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,000 people in 432 households**, the 22nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 2,000people (2011)
- 432households
- 74.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaneswarpur

Of every 100 households in Dhaneswarpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhaneswarpur · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**31%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**98%

Use banking services ****82%**

**60%

Television ****26%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**14%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Dhaneswarpur?

■ Dhaneswarpur · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**953

Working population ****31.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 65.2% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 274 (44%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 226 (36%) · **■** Marginal 17 (3%)

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 Dantan - II

- Jahalda2,186 people
- Renjura2,178 people
- Shyamsundarpur urf Saimana2,115 people
- Nahanjara2,106 people
- Kiyari1,843 people
- Keshrambha1,810 people
- Haripur1,808 people
- Kedar1,748 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhaneswarpur?2,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaneswarpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaneswarpur?74.5% (Census 2011)