# Dhankar Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhankar

Dhankar is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,667 people in 626 households**, the 14th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,667people (2011)
- 626households
- 89.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhankar

Of every 100 households in Dhankar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhankar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**39%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****62%**

**46%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Dhankar?

■ Dhankar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1141**

**932

Working population ****51.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 84.5% for women. 65% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 365 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (8%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (9%) · **■** Marginal 783 (57%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Chistipur3,019 people
- Golara Nij3,001 people
- Barahat2,781 people
- Kanakpur2,686 people
- Barui Pur2,618 people
- Teparpara2,505 people
- Shyam Khola2,497 people
- Goyalda2,318 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhankar?2,667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhankar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhankar?89.3% (Census 2011)