# Bara Dhamas Village, Kalna - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - II, Barddhaman 

# Bara Dhamas

Bara Dhamas is a village in Kalna - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,228 people in 530 households**, the 19th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,228people (2011)
- 530households
- 75.6%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Dhamas

Of every 100 households in Bara Dhamas in 2011, 42 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Dhamas · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**46%

Tap water ****9%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**85%

Use banking services ****67%**

**62%

Television ****32%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bara Dhamas?

■ Bara Dhamas · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**963

Working population ****44.7%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 65.1% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 375 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 113 (11%) · **■** Marginal 357 (36%)

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 Kalna - II

- Mirhat2,541 people
- Balindar2,534 people
- Purbba Sahapur2,518 people
- Akalpaush2,394 people
- Panchrakhi2,135 people
- Kulti2,110 people
- Medgachhi Paikpara2,009 people
- Ekchaka1,991 people

[All 112 villages in Kalna - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Dhamas?2,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Dhamas in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Dhamas?75.6% (Census 2011)