# Dharenda Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dharenda

Dharenda is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,552 people in 344 households**, the 66th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,552people (2011)
- 344households
- 84.8%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharenda

Of every 100 households in Dharenda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharenda · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**15%

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 Dharenda?

■ Dharenda · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**949

Working population ****64.0%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 78.3% for women. 68% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 221 (22%) · **■** Marginal 423 (43%)

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 Panskura

- Gopimohanpur1,634 people
- Baidbar1,606 people
- Beraberia1,600 people
- Rajnagar1,565 people
- Gotpota1,540 people
- Kalai1,532 people
- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people
- Raniara1,500 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharenda?1,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharenda in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharenda?84.8% (Census 2011)