# Dharampur Village, Kalyanpur, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Kalyanpur, Purba Champaran 

# Dharampur

Dharampur is a village in Kalyanpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **798 people in 166 households**, the 68th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 798people (2011)
- 166households
- 63.9%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Dharampur PIN code and other codes

Dharampur falls in Kalyanpur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBarharwa Mahanad
- Community development blockKalyanpur
- Census village code218268

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

## How far is Dharampur from nearby towns?

- Kalyanpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)33 km by road
- Chakia (nearest town)13 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 Dharampur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Dharampur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Bakerpur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bakerpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tajpur Deur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 6 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 Dharampur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 59 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 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 Dharampur

Of every 100 households in Dharampur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharampur · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****25%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Dharampur?

■ Dharampur · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**929

Working population ****26.2%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 56.1% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (54%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 44 (21%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Kalyanpur

- Khokhra Birit898 people
- Dhurpakri884 people
- Rajapur846 people
- Khatolwa Gawandri828 people
- Madhopur Sarup776 people
- Sirsiya Balmi Nankar775 people
- Basdeo Chhapra755 people
- Bashdeo Chhapra Tola Harpur731 people

[All 98 villages in Kalyanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/kalyanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharampur from Motihari?33 km by road
- What is the population of Dharampur?798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharampur in?Purba Champaran district (Kalyanpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharampur?63.9% (Census 2011)
