# Dhobari Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Dhobari

Dhobari is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,042 people in 211 households**, the 59th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,042people (2011)
- 211households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhobari

Of every 100 households in Dhobari in 2011, 38 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhobari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****14%**

**84%

Use banking services ****96%**

**50%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

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 Dhobari?

■ Dhobari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**937

Working population ****36.4%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 61.9% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 58 (15%) · **■** Marginal 200 (53%)

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 Kashipur

- Agardi1,063 people
- Amlabahal1,057 people
- Narayangar Alias Karka1,055 people
- Chuna1,044 people
- Banshraya983 people
- Dhatla974 people
- Jorisha974 people
- Shiulibari970 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhobari?1,042 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhobari in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhobari?73.5% (Census 2011)