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Dhansura Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhansura is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 279 families residing. The Dhansura village has population of 1308 of which 669 are males while 639 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhansura village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 11.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhansura village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhansura as per census is 1147, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhansura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhansura village was 65.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhansura Male literacy stands at 79.53 % while female literacy rate was 51.34 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhansura 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 Dhansura village.

Dhansura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,308 669 639
Child (0-6) 146 68 78
Schedule Caste 232 129 103
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.92 % 79.53 % 51.34 %
Total Workers 600 369 231
Main Worker 519 - -
Marginal Worker 81 39 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.74 % of total population in Dhansura village. The village Dhansura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhansura village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 86.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.