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

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Dharmapur

Dharmapur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **672 people in 138 households**, the 93rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 672people (2011)
- 138households
- 73.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmapur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmapur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**28%

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

**2%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****11%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

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 Dharmapur?

■ Dharmapur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**964

Working population ****32.6%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 69.1% for women. 62% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (36%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 79 (36%) · **■** Marginal 17 (8%)

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

- Fatika742 people
- Khayerbani732 people
- Jinkara727 people
- Kapsit701 people
- Chhota Gobindapur655 people
- Chhatra Khanda645 people
- Nandi Para616 people
- Bihar Pushkarini599 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapur?672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapur?73.9% (Census 2011)