# Dhanara Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Dhanara

Dhanara is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 233 households**, the 34th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 233households
- 61.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanara

Of every 100 households in Dhanara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**31%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**29%

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 Dhanara?

■ Dhanara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**939

Working population ****40.0%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 43.1% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 113 (23%) · **■** Marginal 266 (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 Manbazar - I

- Rajgram1,364 people
- Kurmasol1,337 people
- Daha1,267 people
- Syampur1,220 people
- Chandra1,172 people
- Pialisol1,170 people
- Barmesya1,169 people
- Rangatanr1,168 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanara?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanara in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanara?61.0% (Census 2011)