# Dhanghara Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhanghara

Dhanghara is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **462 people in 105 households**, the 116th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 462people (2011)
- 105households
- 89.1%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanghara

Of every 100 households in Dhanghara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanghara · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****6%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****78%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Dhanghara?

■ Dhanghara · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****450**

**948

Working population ****47.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 83.2% for women. 63% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (10%) · **■** Marginal 88 (41%)

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 - III

- Sonakandi509 people
- Tatkapur506 people
- Brahman Chak482 people
- Dumurbera466 people
- Damua460 people
- Tatka Bar450 people
- Kanrra Mari448 people
- Barbaria Urf Kutakuti440 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanghara?462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanghara in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanghara?89.1% (Census 2011)