# Dharmmapur Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dharmmapur

Dharmmapur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **679 people in 159 households**, the 96th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 679people (2011)
- 159households
- 72.4%literacy
- 845females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmmapur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**25%

Television ****27%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharmmapur?

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****845**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**951

Working population ****57.6%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 61.8% for women. 60% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (60%) · **■** Household industry 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 94 (24%)

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 Kumarganj

- Enatullapur710 people
- Netradanga710 people
- Jarlai705 people
- Khamar Matizapur691 people
- Chandpur669 people
- Haripur665 people
- Mohipur663 people
- Puntair647 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmmapur?679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmapur?72.4% (Census 2011)