# Dhaneshwari Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhaneshwari

Dhaneshwari is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 123 households**, the 123rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 512people (2011)
- 123households
- 91.2%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaneshwari

Of every 100 households in Dhaneshwari in 2011, 64 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhaneshwari · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****6%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****14%**

**43%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Dhaneshwari?

■ Dhaneshwari · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****410**

**956

Working population ****55.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 86.2% for women. 61% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (9%) · **■** Marginal 239 (85%)

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 Contai - I

- Shilampur548 people
- Laudanda543 people
- Payradwip543 people
- Fatepur520 people
- Sekh kochbar510 people
- Baghmari502 people
- Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai501 people
- Marra490 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhaneshwari?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaneshwari in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaneshwari?91.2% (Census 2011)