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Dandua Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dandua is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 271 families residing. The Dandua village has population of 1544 of which 783 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandua village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 14.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandua village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandua as per census is 879, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dandua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandua village was 66.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dandua Male literacy stands at 78.56 % while female literacy rate was 54.48 %.

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

Dandua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,544 783 761
Child (0-6) 218 116 102
Schedule Caste 907 460 447
Schedule Tribe 174 88 86
Literacy 66.59 % 78.56 % 54.48 %
Total Workers 460 400 60
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 177 159 18

Caste Factor

In Dandua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.27 % of total population in Dandua village.

Work Profile

In Dandua village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 61.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.