# Dhangakend Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Dhangakend

Dhangakend is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **544 people in 116 households**, the 68th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 544people (2011)
- 116households
- 71.2%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangakend

Of every 100 households in Dhangakend in 2011, 43 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhangakend · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

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 Dhangakend?

■ Dhangakend · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**969

Working population ****48.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 54.5% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (19%) · **■** Marginal 195 (74%)

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 Puncha

- Lakhra685 people
- Goaladi Alias Mishradeuli655 people
- Ramkundi582 people
- Kalapathar Alias Runujhunu547 people
- Chakia514 people
- Chandanpur509 people
- Chhatalalpur473 people
- Deuli471 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhangakend?544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangakend in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangakend?71.2% (Census 2011)