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Dhunia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhunia is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 151 families residing. The Dhunia village has population of 868 of which 467 are males while 401 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 12.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhunia village is 859 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhunia as per census is 774, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhunia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhunia village was 62.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhunia Male literacy stands at 71.60 % while female literacy rate was 51.84 %.

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

Dhunia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 151 - -
Population 868 467 401
Child (0-6) 110 62 48
Schedule Caste 292 164 128
Schedule Tribe 223 118 105
Literacy 62.40 % 71.60 % 51.84 %
Total Workers 342 252 90
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 106 47 59

Caste Factor

In Dhunia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 25.69 % of total population in Dhunia village.

Work Profile

In Dhunia village out of total population, 342 were engaged in work activities. 69.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 342 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.