# Dhangajor Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Dhangajor

Dhangajor is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **424 people in 82 households**, the 73rd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 424people (2011)
- 82households
- 55.2%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangajor

Of every 100 households in Dhangajor in 2011, 29 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhangajor · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**66%

Use banking services ****29%**

**57%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Dhangajor?

■ Dhangajor · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**967

Working population ****26.4%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 43.6% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 50 (45%) · **■** Marginal 20 (18%)

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 Neturia

- Saontal Motha452 people
- Lalpur451 people
- Kulbana432 people
- Kuthibari426 people
- Anandapur422 people
- Gopalpur419 people
- Baghmara411 people
- Bhaura Mahul360 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhangajor?424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangajor in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangajor?55.2% (Census 2011)