Dhaban Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dhaban is a medium size village located in Chhatna Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 319 families residing. The Dhaban village has population of 1543 of which 777 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhaban village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhaban village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhaban as per census is 1022, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhaban village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhaban village was 67.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhaban Male literacy stands at 79.30 % while female literacy rate was 56.17 %.

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

Dhaban Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	319	-	-
Population	1,543	777	766
Child (0-6)	184	91	93
Schedule Caste	1,172	582	590
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.84 %	79.30 %	56.17 %
Total Workers	527	436	91
Main Worker	239	-	-
Marginal Worker	288	214	74

Caste Factor

In Dhaban village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.96 % of total population in Dhaban village. The village Dhaban currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhaban village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 45.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.