# Dharampur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dharampur

Dharampur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **454 people in 110 households**, the 176th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 454people (2011)
- 110households
- 66.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharampur

Of every 100 households in Dharampur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dharampur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

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 Dharampur?

■ Dharampur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**965

Working population ****32.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 61.0% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 10 (7%)

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 Balurghat

- Sibpur470 people
- Santara469 people
- Chamta468 people
- Sibrambati459 people
- Kismat Ramkrishnapur448 people
- Debipur444 people
- Chak Madhab443 people
- Tulsipur434 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharampur?454 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharampur?66.5% (Census 2011)