# Dhanya Khola Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhanya Khola

Dhanya Khola is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,441 people in 477 households**, the 26th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,441people (2011)
- 477households
- 87.8%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanya Khola

Of every 100 households in Dhanya Khola in 2011, 35 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanya Khola · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

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

**86%

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

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**31%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

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 Dhanya Khola?

■ Dhanya Khola · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**922

Working population ****32.3%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 84.4% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (4%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 298 (38%) · **■** Marginal 403 (51%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Usman Chak2,918 people
- Bartalya2,838 people
- Durgapur2,536 people
- Chilinga2,505 people
- Samsabad Barsar Beria2,362 people
- Nilpur2,103 people
- Akanda Bari2,101 people
- Hosenpur2,096 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanya Khola?2,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanya Khola in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanya Khola?87.8% (Census 2011)