# Dharmmapur Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Dharmmapur

Dharmmapur is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,353 people in 1,838 households**, the 4th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 8,353people (2011)
- 1,838households
- 72.5%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmmapur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**67%

Tap water ****5%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**22%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**31%

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 Dharmmapur?

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**940

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 65.0% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,013 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 948 (34%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 365 (13%) · **■** Marginal 422 (15%)

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 Maynaguri

- Saptibari23,693 people
- Baikur Gourgram10,822 people
- Padamati8,407 people
- Jabaramli6,688 people
- Uttar Madhabdanga6,610 people
- Uttar Marichbari6,174 people
- Amguri6,134 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmmapur?8,353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmapur in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmapur?72.5% (Census 2011)