# Dharapati Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Dharapati

Dharapati is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,399 people in 337 households**, the 34th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,399people (2011)
- 337households
- 62.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharapati

Of every 100 households in Dharapati in 2011, 34 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharapati · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**36%

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

**15%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**87%

Use banking services ****79%**

**62%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**16%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Dharapati?

■ Dharapati · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**985

Working population ****57.5%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 53.6% for women. 66% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (8%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 259 (32%) · **■** Marginal 321 (40%)

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 Vishnupur

- Damodarpur1,612 people
- Birra1,600 people
- Hulmara1,463 people
- Bhagaband1,454 people
- Ghugimura1,398 people
- Dejhat1,379 people
- Jamuna Band1,378 people
- Rautara1,370 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharapati?1,399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharapati in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharapati?62.7% (Census 2011)