# Dhanara Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Dhanara

Dhanara is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **652 people in 106 households**, the 108th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 652people (2011)
- 106households
- 35.7%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanara

Of every 100 households in Dhanara in 2011, 42 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****5%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Dhanara?

■ Dhanara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**957

Working population ****34.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 27.3% for women. 34% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (5%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 25 (11%) · **■** Marginal 51 (23%)

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

- Ajodhya664 people
- Purihasa660 people
- Bhabanipur659 people
- Banabir656 people
- Tetuladih645 people
- Raladih627 people
- Bamu620 people
- Pathraghata619 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanara?652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanara in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanara?35.7% (Census 2011)