# Dhadanga Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Dhadanga

Dhadanga is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,614 people in 326 households**, the 18th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,614people (2011)
- 326households
- 46.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhadanga

Of every 100 households in Dhadanga in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhadanga · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhadanga?

■ Dhadanga · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**957

Working population ****41.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.0% for men and 32.0% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (40%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 216 (32%) · **■** Marginal 51 (8%)

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 Barabazar

- Raygara1,800 people
- Sukurhutu1,760 people
- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Gokulnagar1,608 people
- Amrabera1,603 people
- Sarberia1,599 people
- Parsa1,596 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhadanga?1,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhadanga in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhadanga?46.4% (Census 2011)