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Dhanjor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhanjor is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 167 families residing. The Dhanjor village has population of 898 of which 446 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanjor village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 14.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanjor village is 1013 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanjor as per census is 896, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanjor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanjor village was 67.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanjor Male literacy stands at 81.27 % while female literacy rate was 53.83 %.

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

Dhanjor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 167 - -
Population 898 446 452
Child (0-6) 127 67 60
Schedule Caste 702 359 343
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.32 % 81.27 % 53.83 %
Total Workers 402 256 146
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 280 146 134

Caste Factor

In Dhanjor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.17 % of total population in Dhanjor village. The village Dhanjor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanjor village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 30.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.