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Dhansantra Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Dhansantra is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 243 families residing. The Dhansantra village has population of 1402 of which 717 are males while 685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhansantra village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 14.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhansantra village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhansantra as per census is 1062, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhansantra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhansantra village was 61.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhansantra Male literacy stands at 71.45 % while female literacy rate was 50.52 %.

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

Dhansantra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,402 717 685
Child (0-6) 200 97 103
Schedule Caste 468 226 242
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.31 % 71.45 % 50.52 %
Total Workers 552 423 129
Main Worker 303 - -
Marginal Worker 249 132 117

Caste Factor

Dhansantra village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.38 % of total population in Dhansantra village. The village Dhansantra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhansantra village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 54.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.