# Dharanda Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dharanda

Dharanda is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **927 people in 200 households**, the 118th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 927people (2011)
- 200households
- 52.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharanda

Of every 100 households in Dharanda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Dharanda · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharanda?

■ Dharanda · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**955

Working population ****52.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 45.4% for women. 58% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (18%) · **■** Marginal 251 (51%)

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 Itahar

- Srimantapur958 people
- Paschim Saiyadpur950 people
- Uttar Maheshpur944 people
- Sadapur937 people
- Ranapur927 people
- Aminhat916 people
- Kulator913 people
- Kokna886 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharanda?927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharanda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharanda?52.7% (Census 2011)