# Dhargaon Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Dhargaon

Dhargaon is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,086 people in 207 households**, the 47th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,086people (2011)
- 207households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhargaon

Of every 100 households in Dhargaon in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhargaon · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****8%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Dhargaon?

■ Dhargaon · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1221**

**957

Working population ****47.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 50.6% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 257 (50%)

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

- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people
- Jharia1,121 people
- Biskudra1,108 people
- Dubrajpur1,086 people
- Ragma1,083 people
- Taltanr Alias Deugram1,074 people
- Tetto1,068 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhargaon?1,086 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhargaon in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhargaon?65.3% (Census 2011)