# Dhansura Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Dhansura

Dhansura is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,308 people in 279 households**, the 51st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,308people (2011)
- 279households
- 65.9%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhansura

Of every 100 households in Dhansura in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhansura · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**28%

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

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**84%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dhansura?

■ Dhansura · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**966

Working population ****45.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 51.3% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (20%) · **■** Household industry 116 (19%) · **■** Other work 191 (32%) · **■** Marginal 81 (14%)

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 Purulia - II

- Chanchra1,432 people
- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people
- Dubcharka1,406 people
- Haramjanga1,357 people
- Sidpur1,299 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people
- Pokharia1,228 people
- Dabar1,227 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhansura?1,308 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhansura in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhansura?65.9% (Census 2011)