Dhanera
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723132
· village code 330754
Population 2011
1,165
Census of India
Population 2020
1,284
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.2%
119 people · 1.1% a year
Households
248
+6.9% vs 232 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,165
Male / female
611 / 554
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
148
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
628 / 129
Working population
547
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.9%
Households
232
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
78
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
184
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 8 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Simla-Dhanara panchayat, Kashipur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹35.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.56 lakh
Received directly
₹58,836
Spent
₹56.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.55 lakh · received ₹20.78 lakh · spent ₹18.51 lakh · left ₹11.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.55 lakh · received ₹29.78 lakh · spent ₹38.04 lakh · left ₹18.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3607, 86.8780 —
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