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Dhoba Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Dhoba is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 422 families residing. The Dhoba village has population of 1881 of which 970 are males while 911 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhoba village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhoba village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhoba as per census is 1124, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhoba village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhoba village was 79.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhoba Male literacy stands at 85.58 % while female literacy rate was 72.87 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhoba village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dhoba village.

Dhoba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 422 - -
Population 1,881 970 911
Child (0-6) 189 89 100
Schedule Caste 1,610 834 776
Schedule Tribe 163 74 89
Literacy 79.49 % 85.58 % 72.87 %
Total Workers 858 594 264
Main Worker 841 - -
Marginal Worker 17 5 12

Caste Factor

In Dhoba village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.67 % of total population in Dhoba village.

Work Profile

In Dhoba village out of total population, 858 were engaged in work activities. 98.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 858 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.