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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhaniakhali
| official_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 16
| population_total = 3,73800
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712302 (Dhaniakhali)
| area_code = 03213
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 80.73%
| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]],
[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Dhaniakhali''' (Bengali : ধনিয়াখালি) is a village in [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali]] CD Block in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The place has lent its name to the popular [[Dhaniakhali Sari]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Dhaniakhali is located at {{coord|22|58|1|N|88|5|26|E}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wikimapia.org/20764172/Dhaniakhali-P-S | title= Dhaniakhali P.S | work= Hooghly district| publisher= Wikimapia | access-date = 10 June 2016}}</ref>

The area is composed of flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains that form a part of the [[Ganges Delta|Gangetic Delta]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018 }}</ref>

===Police station===
Dhaniakhali police station has jurisdiction over a part of [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali]] CD Block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 3 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | title = Hooghly District Police | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 20 June 2017 | archive-date = 5 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705234600/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===CD Block HQ===
The headquarters of Dhaniakhali CD Block are located at Dhaniakhali.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 20 June 2017 }}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 [[census town]]s. The single municipal corporation is [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]]. The municipalities are [[Tarakeswar Municipality]], [[Bhadreswar Municipality]] and [[Champdany Municipality]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a) | publisher= Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 September 2018}}</ref> Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 27 September 2018}}</ref> The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Dhaniakhali had a total population of 3,738 of which 1,755 (47%) were males and 1,983 (53%) were females. Population below 6 years was 302. The total number of literates in Dhaniakhali was 2,744 (80.73% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011/>

==Dhaniakhali Saris==
According to ''[[The Hindu Business Line]]'', "The Bengal cotton [[sari]] is a fashion statement, wherever it is worn" and have a market all over the country.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.blonnet.com/life/2004/11/05/stories/2004110500070100.htm
| title = The itinerant saree seller | publisher =The Hindu Business Line, 5 November 2004 | access-date = 29 January 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' says that Dhaniakhali, [[Shantipur]] and [[Phulia]] are well–known for the traditional handloom sarees of West Bengal.

The weaving of [[Jamdani]] saris originated in [[Dhaka]] in Bangladesh. Dhakai jamdani was famous among the aristocratic ladies in olden days. Places like Shantipur, Dhaniakhali, [[Begampur]] and Farasdanga started producing the jamdani sarees, after the partition of India.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://worldoftheindianwoman.blogspot.com/2008/12/jamdani-gorgeous-saris-of-bengal.html | title = World Of The Indian Woman: Jamdani: The gorgeous saris of Bengal | access-date = 29 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.indianwomenclothing.com/indian-sarees/jamdani-sarees.html | title = Jamdani Sarees | access-date = 29 January 2009}}</ref>

[[Mamata Banerjee]], the West Bengal chief minister, generally wears only Dhaniakhali [[tant sari]] and has become a popular 'brand ambassador'.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mukherjee Pandey|first=Jhimli|title=The 'Mamata Saree' in hot demand|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/india/29581530_1_sarees-designs-weavers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419120518/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/india/29581530_1_sarees-designs-weavers|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

==Potato flake factory==
Ascon Agro Products Limited, jointly owned by the SPS Group and the Pailan Group, produces potato flakes at Dhaniakhali. Initially set up as a fully export-oriented unit, it has subsequently acquired permission to sell in the domestic market also. It is locally marketed using the POTO brand. Potato flakes are used to make snacks and are also used as a thickening agent in soups and bakery products. The plant was inaugurated by [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]], the West Bengal chief minister, in 2007. West Bengal produces around 80 lakh tonnes of potatoes annually and local consumption is around 45 lakh tonnes. The rest is sold outside the state. Ascon Agro Products Limited is diversifying in a big way.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.potatopro.com/companies/pailan-group-ascon-agro-products-ltd | title = Pailan Group – Ascon Agro Products Ltd. | date = 16 October 2013 | publisher = potatoPRO.com |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sps-buys-pailan-food-unit-108040801094_1.html | title = SPS buys Pailan food unit| newspaper = Business Standard India| date = 8 April 2008| publisher = Business Standard, 8 April 2008 |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080409/jsp/business/story_9112927.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080413211917/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080409/jsp/business/story_9112927.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 April 2008 | title = SPS group acquires 55% of Pailan Arm | publisher = The Telegraph, 9 April 2008 |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.potatopro.com/news/2010/pailan-group-india-exports-potato-flakes-israel | title = Pailan group (India) exports potato flakes to Israel | date = 6 December 2013 | publisher = potatoPRO.com, 19 December 2010 |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/pailan-potato-flakes-unit-launched-107100801074_1.html | title = Pailn potato flakes unit launched | newspaper = Business Standard |date=8 October 2007 |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>

==Transport==
Tarakeswar - Dhaniakhali - Chuchura road passes through Dhaniakhali. Busses available for [[Tarakeswar]], [[Hugli-Chuchura|Chuchura]], [[Haripal]], Dasghara, [[Kolkata]] etc. Tarakeswar - Dhaniakhali - Magra new railway line is on progress.

==Education==
[[Sarat Centenary College]] was founded in 1976 (the birth centenary year of Bangla novelist [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]) as a junior college and was subsequently upgraded to an undergraduate degree college with affiliation from The University of Burdwan in 1978. The college offers undergraduate Honours and General degree courses in Arts (Literature & Language, Humanities & Social Sciences), Commerce, and Science (Physical and Biological) streams. The college is aided by the Government of West Bengal under its Grants-in-Aid scheme. In 2016 the college was reaccredited (2nd cycle) by NAAC with a CGPA of 2.33 (grade B). The college is also recognised by UGC under Section 2F & 12B Act of 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://postscriptum.co.in/sarat-centenary-college/|title = SARAT CENTENARY COLLEGE – postScriptum}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
There is a rural hospital (with 30 beds) at Dhaniakhali.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 July 2017 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Jannedra Memorial Child Health Care Hospital, set up by Lions Club (with 25 beds), is located at Dhaniakhali.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hooghly.gov.in/public_doc/Hooghly%20Health%20Profile%202013.pdf| title = Private Hospitals in Hooghly district| work = The list includes Nursing Homes also, but here we are giving only Hospitals| publisher = Hooghly district administration| access-date = 17 July 2017| archive-date = 17 May 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517085300/http://www.hooghly.gov.in/public_doc/Hooghly%20Health%20Profile%202013.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hooghly District}}

[[Category:Villages in Hooghly district]]

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