# Dhangri Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dhangri

Dhangri is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **484 people in 127 households**, the 118th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 484people (2011)
- 127households
- 65.5%literacy
- 1,180females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangri

Of every 100 households in Dhangri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhangri · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****25%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhangri?

■ Dhangri · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1180**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**979

Working population ****51.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 49.1% for women. 55% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (65%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 66 (26%)

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 Jhargram

- Jaypur489 people
- Khanakul489 people
- Patashimul486 people
- Burimol484 people
- Manapara483 people
- Bara Pipri481 people
- Bamunya Bandh480 people
- Binra479 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhangri?484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangri in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangri?65.5% (Census 2011)