# Dharmapuram Village, Gooty, Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/anantapur/gooty/dharmapuram/

Village · Gooty, Anantapur 

# Dharmapuram

Dharmapuram is a village in Gooty sub-district of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **721 people in 184 households**, the 18th largest of 22 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.5%.

- 721people (2011)
- 184households
- 83.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Dharmapuram PIN code and other codes

Dharmapuram falls in Gooty sub-district, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.

- Gram panchayatDharmapuram
- Community development blockGooty
- Census village code594742

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dharmapuram from nearby towns?

- Gooty (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Anantapur (district HQ)58 km by road
- Guntakal (nearest town)38 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dharmapuram?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Dharmapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gooty
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Gooty
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Gooty
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dharmapuram known for?

The main crops are **ground nut, sun flower and paddy**. About 82% of the 715 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapuram

Of every 100 households in Dharmapuram in 2011, 97 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmapuram · ■ Gooty rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**80%

Tap water ****56%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****97%**

**68%

Television ****48%**

**61%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dharmapuram?

■ Dharmapuram · ■ Gooty rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**56.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**942

Working population ****55.9%**

**52.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 74.3% for women. 56% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 180 (45%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gooty

- Brahmanapalle1,171 people
- Utakallu1,162 people
- Erragudi1,130 people
- Aniganidoddi863 people
- Engilibanda594 people
- Eswarapalle480 people
- Marnepalle387 people
- Gooty180 people

[All 22 villages in Gooty](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/anantapur/gooty/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharmapuram from Anantapur?58 km by road
- What is the population of Dharmapuram?721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapuram in?Anantapur district (Gooty sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapuram?83.1% (Census 2011)
