# Dhanda Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Dhanda

Dhanda is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **682 people in 138 households**, the 61st largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 682people (2011)
- 138households
- 47.1%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanda

Of every 100 households in Dhanda in 2011, 34 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanda · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Dhanda?

■ Dhanda · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.1%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1486**

**949

Working population ****43.3%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 36.4% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (20%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 57 (19%) · **■** Marginal 132 (45%)

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 - II

- Gidhiban Alias Dasihiria709 people
- Simtuni691 people
- Jambady687 people
- Rampur684 people
- Jayapur672 people
- Kalapati669 people
- Ratyakacha661 people
- Sinduradi656 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanda?682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanda in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanda?47.1% (Census 2011)