# Dhuri Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dhuri

Dhuri is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,411 people in 1,786 households**, the 9th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 9,411people (2011)
- 1,786households
- 58.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhuri

Of every 100 households in Dhuri in 2011, 30 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dhuri · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**46%

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 Dhuri?

■ Dhuri · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**971

Working population ****34.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 49.8% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 272 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 964 (30%) · **■** Household industry 98 (3%) · **■** Other work 725 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,166 (36%)

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 Basanti

- Char Bidyarabad13,035 people
- Goran Bose12,642 people
- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Chunakhali9,241 people
- Tilkumar8,943 people
- Ramchandrakhali7,849 people
- Chatrakhali7,208 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhuri?9,411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhuri in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhuri?58.4% (Census 2011)