# Dhadka Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Dhadka

Dhadka is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,896 people in 351 households**, the 6th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 1,896people (2011)
- 351households
- 62.9%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhadka

Of every 100 households in Dhadka in 2011, 21 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhadka · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Dhadka?

■ Dhadka · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**957

Working population ****39.2%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 47% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 206 (28%) · **■** Marginal 411 (55%)

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 Bundwan

- Gangamanna2,331 people
- Kunchia2,279 people
- Sirisgora2,261 people
- Chilla2,217 people
- Pargela1,861 people
- Saga1,782 people
- Rajgram1,610 people
- Gurur1,500 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhadka?1,896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhadka in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhadka?62.9% (Census 2011)