# Dhanda Village, Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhanda

Dhanda is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,589 people in 381 households**, the 47th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,589people (2011)
- 381households
- 88.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanda

Of every 100 households in Dhanda in 2011, 55 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanda · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****90%**

**38%

Television ****14%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhanda?

■ Dhanda · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**934

Working population ****30.6%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 84.7% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (11%) · **■** Marginal 268 (55%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Chara Bar1,681 people
- Dalbar1,659 people
- Purba Bar1,653 people
- Pajankul1,602 people
- Barttan1,579 people
- Bhim Chak1,578 people
- Shakrullapur1,557 people
- Banamalipur1,538 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanda?1,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanda?88.4% (Census 2011)