# Dhanpara Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhanpara

Dhanpara is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 325 households**, the 93rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 325households
- 64.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanpara

Of every 100 households in Dhanpara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhanpara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**19%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

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 Dhanpara?

■ Dhanpara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**943

Working population ****30.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 52.1% for women. 50% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (8%) · **■** Marginal 48 (11%)

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 Karandighi

- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Balchiar1,536 people
- Shikarpur1,499 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Borra1,433 people
- Minapur1,433 people
- Abdulpur1,386 people
- Baliamora1,383 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanpara?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanpara?64.3% (Census 2011)