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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhangan

Dhangan is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **402 people in 88 households**, the 151st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 402people (2011)
- 88households
- 84.6%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangan

Of every 100 households in Dhangan in 2011, 10 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhangan · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****9%**

**43%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhangan?

■ Dhangan · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**956

Working population ****51.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 79.5% for women. 61% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (27%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 65 (31%)

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

- Siria410 people
- Hugli407 people
- Erya Gobindapur405 people
- Machhalandapur403 people
- Jamalpur398 people
- Tagaria Gopalpur397 people
- Dandapur387 people
- Potapukhuria384 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 Dhangan?402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangan in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangan?84.6% (Census 2011)