# Dharmapota Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Dharmapota

Dharmapota is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **797 people in 189 households**, the 109th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 797people (2011)
- 189households
- 81.6%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapota

Of every 100 households in Dharmapota in 2011, 77 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmapota · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**30%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**88%

Use banking services ****1%**

**42%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dharmapota?

■ Dharmapota · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**959

Working population ****38.3%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 76.6% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (4%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (40%) · **■** Marginal 152 (50%)

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 Arambag

- Teghari869 people
- Ajaypur867 people
- Tilak Chak806 people
- Mazaffarpur804 people
- Donga Bathan793 people
- Chunait786 people
- Eloma782 people
- Krishnabati782 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapota?797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapota in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapota?81.6% (Census 2011)