# Dharmadanga Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dharmadanga

Dharmadanga is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **104 people in 28 households**, the 266th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 104people (2011)
- 28households
- 67.0%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmadanga

Of every 100 households in Dharmadanga in 2011, 61 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmadanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**26%

Television ****36%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharmadanga?

■ Dharmadanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**954

Working population ****57.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 55.6% for women. 57% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 54 (90%)

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 Tapan

- Chak Radhakanta122 people
- Karttikpur117 people
- Jnanbai112 people
- Umanandapur109 people
- Izanagar83 people
- Kaiyari70 people
- Bhimtair69 people
- Sephalika Chandan58 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmadanga?104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmadanga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmadanga?67.0% (Census 2011)