Dhara Population, Caste, Working Data South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal - Census 2011

Dhara is a village situated in Bhangar - I block of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,023 families residing in the village Dhara. The total population of Dhara is 5,231 out of which 2,673 are males and 2,558 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dhara is 957.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dhara village is 730 which is 14% of the total population. There are 354 male children and 376 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dhara is 1,062 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (957) of Dhara village.

Population
5,231
Families
1,023
Literacy
77.78%
Sex Ratio
957

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dhara is 77.8%. Thus Dhara village has higher literacy rate compared to 67.8% of South Twenty Four Parganas district. The male literacy rate is 81.93% and the female literacy rate is 73.37% in Dhara village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dhara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dhara Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dhara village.

Total Male Female
Children 730 354 376
Literacy 77.78% 81.93% 73.37%
Scheduled Caste 892 472 420
Scheduled Tribe 86 46 40
Illiterate 1,730 773 957

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.6% of total population in Dhara village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dhara village out of total population, 1,760 were engaged in work activities. 80.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,760 workers engaged in Main Work, 513 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 275 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,409 1,299 110
Cultivators 513 484 29
Agriculture Labourer 275 264 11
Household Industries 106 98 8
Other Workers 515 453 62
Marginal Workers 351 233 118
Non Working 3,471 1,141 2,330

Nearby Villages to Dhara,

Below are the list of villages near Dhara village in Bhangar - I.

Village Population
Chak Barali 5,978
Barjuli 1,977
Malancha 2,134
Rangsara 1,824
Padma Pukuria 3,907
Chandipur 910
Dara 1,269
Debipur 1,720
Amreswar 2,899
Phulbari Bamunia 1,090

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