# Dhenga Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhenga

Dhenga is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,250 people in 299 households**, the 42nd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,250people (2011)
- 299households
- 85.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhenga

Of every 100 households in Dhenga in 2011, 44 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhenga · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**34%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**50%

Television ****31%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**18%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Dhenga?

■ Dhenga · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**988

Working population ****51.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 62% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (7%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 173 (27%) · **■** Marginal 384 (60%)

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 Debra

- Benya1,284 people
- Bhagaban Basan1,284 people
- Khamra1,253 people
- Shanrpur1,252 people
- Patna1,248 people
- Banshda1,244 people
- Biju1,236 people
- Tangaishri1,235 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhenga?1,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhenga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhenga?85.6% (Census 2011)