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Dhanuktor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhanuktor is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 208 families residing. The Dhanuktor village has population of 1225 of which 633 are males while 592 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanuktor village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 14.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanuktor village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanuktor as per census is 903, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanuktor village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanuktor village was 79.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanuktor Male literacy stands at 94.26 % while female literacy rate was 63.78 %.

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

Dhanuktor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 1,225 633 592
Child (0-6) 177 93 84
Schedule Caste 1,028 535 493
Schedule Tribe 42 17 25
Literacy 79.48 % 94.26 % 63.78 %
Total Workers 539 373 166
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 376 245 131

Caste Factor

In Dhanuktor village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.43 % of total population in Dhanuktor village.

Work Profile

In Dhanuktor village out of total population, 539 were engaged in work activities. 30.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 539 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.