Dhanara is a village in Arsha mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,280 across 242 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.2% and is located at postal code 723153.
By population, Dhanara ranks #50 of 96 villages in Arsha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanara is a village of 1,280 people in 242 households (Census 2011) in Arsha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 50th-largest of 96 villages in Arsha block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 302 km from the Purulia district centre, 0 km from Dhepura, the nearest town, 2 km from Sudhani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723153, served by Kantadih post office; the LGD village code is 331227. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Salmari, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SUDIP LAYA, and the village votes in Balarampur assembly constituency, represented by Jaladhar Mahato. The population is estimated at 1,509 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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