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Dhanpota Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dhanpota is a large village located in Magrahat - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 739 families residing. The Dhanpota village has population of 3326 of which 1753 are males while 1573 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanpota village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanpota village is 897 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanpota as per census is 1077, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanpota village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanpota village was 80.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanpota Male literacy stands at 90.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.25 %.

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

Dhanpota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 739 - -
Population 3,326 1,753 1,573
Child (0-6) 324 156 168
Schedule Caste 3,121 1,645 1,476
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.45 % 90.29 % 69.25 %
Total Workers 1,270 1,000 270
Main Worker 888 - -
Marginal Worker 382 218 164

Caste Factor

In Dhanpota village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.84 % of total population in Dhanpota village. The village Dhanpota currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanpota village out of total population, 1270 were engaged in work activities. 69.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1270 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.