# Dhamur Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Dhamur

Dhamur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 321 households**, the 41st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 321households
- 66.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamur

Of every 100 households in Dhamur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhamur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**80%

Use banking services ****86%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhamur?

■ Dhamur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**71.8%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****709**

**964

Working population ****52.2%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 55.7% for women. 61% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 531 (68%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 68 (9%) · **■** Marginal 108 (14%)

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 Indus

- Pantrai1,634 people
- Chichinga1,591 people
- Khat Nagar1,530 people
- Tishanal1,519 people
- Behar1,481 people
- Bhabapur1,475 people
- Naga Tentul1,471 people
- Chandgram1,436 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhamur?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamur?66.1% (Census 2011)