# Dhanipukur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhanipukur

Dhanipukur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 95 households**, the 153rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 422people (2011)
- 95households
- 79.3%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanipukur

Of every 100 households in Dhanipukur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanipukur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**34%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Dhanipukur?

■ Dhanipukur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1750**

**969

Working population ****43.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 74.9% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (64%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Ramganj480 people
- Dhondarpail466 people
- Balaramppur460 people
- Dhanaitor449 people
- Madhupur406 people
- Shakrpur403 people
- Maljum393 people
- Uttar Durgapur389 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanipukur?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanipukur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanipukur?79.3% (Census 2011)