Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Dhanyardiha

Dhanyardiha is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 420 people in 87 households, the 150th largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.
- 420 people (2011)
- 87 households
- 59.2% literacy
- 1,029 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanyardiha

Of every 100 households in Dhanyardiha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanyardiha · ■ Garbeta - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 51%
- Toilet within the home 5% 30%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 69%
- Tap water 0% 33%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 20%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 87%
- Use banking services 6% 62%
- Television 1% 23%
- Mobile phone 5% 39%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 15%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dhanyardiha?

■ Dhanyardiha · ■ Garbeta - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.2% 71.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1029 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 810 951
- Working population 46.7% 39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 48.5% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 14 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 69 (35%) · ■ Other work 7 (4%) · ■ Marginal 106 (54%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Garbeta - I
- Krishnapur 436 people
- Ramchandrapur 436 people
- Birsinhapur 431 people
- Dubrajpur 429 people
- Jhapur 419 people
- Brahmangram 415 people
- Bankati 410 people
- Phulmanipur 408 people

All 369 villages in Garbeta - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dhanyardiha? 420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanyardiha in? Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanyardiha? 59.2% (Census 2011)

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