# Dhadkidih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Dhadkidih

Dhadkidih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **959 people in 195 households**, the 63rd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 959people (2011)
- 195households
- 67.8%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhadkidih

Of every 100 households in Dhadkidih in 2011, 39 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhadkidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****82%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhadkidih?

■ Dhadkidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**957

Working population ****53.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 52.8% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 296 (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 Barabazar

- Gosaidih1,000 people
- Fuljhor999 people
- Fatepur966 people
- Bhabanipur961 people
- Sorishabahal958 people
- Chirudih953 people
- Kukurchari940 people
- Muradih924 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhadkidih?959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhadkidih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhadkidih?67.8% (Census 2011)