# Dharmapur Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Dharmapur

Dharmapur is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **720 people in 193 households**, the 90th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 720people (2011)
- 193households
- 64.3%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmapur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dharmapur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**35%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**81%

Use banking services ****69%**

**44%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**19%

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 · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**946

Working population ****51.8%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 54.6% for women. 62% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (23%) · **■** Marginal 187 (50%)

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 Patrasayer

- Chakkabir771 people
- Bidyananda Pur767 people
- Satgechhe760 people
- Tilpur724 people
- Maukuchi710 people
- Argara708 people
- Salna694 people
- Baikunthapur692 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapur?720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapur in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapur?64.3% (Census 2011)