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Dhanya Khola Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhanya Khola is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 477 families residing. The Dhanya Khola village has population of 2441 of which 1229 are males while 1212 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanya Khola village population of children with age 0-6 is 394 which makes up 16.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanya Khola village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanya Khola as per census is 876, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhanya Khola village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanya Khola village was 87.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhanya Khola Male literacy stands at 91.17 % while female literacy rate was 84.44 %.

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

Dhanya Khola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 477 - -
Population 2,441 1,229 1,212
Child (0-6) 394 210 184
Schedule Caste 13 5 8
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 87.79 % 91.17 % 84.44 %
Total Workers 788 632 156
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 403 338 65

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Dhanya Khola village.

Work Profile

In Dhanya Khola village out of total population, 788 were engaged in work activities. 48.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 788 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.