# Dharampur Village, Kaliachak - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - II, Maldah 

# Dharampur

Dharampur is a village in Kaliachak - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,907 people in 390 households**, the 30th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,907people (2011)
- 390households
- 78.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharampur

Of every 100 households in Dharampur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dharampur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**76%

Use banking services ****41%**

**32%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dharampur?

■ Dharampur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**966

Working population ****46.3%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 75.9% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (6%) · **■** Household industry 114 (13%) · **■** Other work 308 (35%) · **■** Marginal 361 (41%)

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 Kaliachak - II

- Babla2,875 people
- Dulalganj2,513 people
- Purba Sripur2,198 people
- Chak Protappur2,084 people
- Mostafapur1,626 people
- Jotkabil1,386 people
- Gopalprasad1,311 people
- Uttar Mohanpur1,205 people

[All 65 villages in Kaliachak - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharampur?1,907 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharampur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharampur?78.6% (Census 2011)