# Dhamas Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Dhamas

Dhamas is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **593 people in 124 households**, the 81st largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 593people (2011)
- 124households
- 90.4%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamas

Of every 100 households in Dhamas in 2011, 50 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhamas · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**24%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**40%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****32%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dhamas?

■ Dhamas · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1381**

**970

Working population ****37.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 86.4% for women. 69% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 139 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (13%) · **■** Marginal 52 (23%)

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 Purbasthali - II

- Isabpur698 people
- Char Chuadanga642 people
- Gobindapur639 people
- Doghari629 people
- Kamalapur571 people
- Khord Kaibati565 people
- Gopipur522 people
- Kubajpur503 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhamas?593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamas in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamas?90.4% (Census 2011)