# Dharampur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Dharampur

Dharampur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,708 people in 832 households**, the 25th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 3,708people (2011)
- 832households
- 64.7%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharampur

Of every 100 households in Dharampur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharampur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**85%

Use banking services ****20%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**51%

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 Dharampur?

■ Dharampur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**950

Working population ****37.7%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 53.8% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 150 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 641 (46%) · **■** Household industry 92 (7%) · **■** Other work 137 (10%) · **■** Marginal 378 (27%)

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 Manikchak

- Lalbathani4,067 people
- Manikchak4,038 people
- Talim Nagar4,023 people
- Kasimnagar3,790 people
- Islampur3,602 people
- Syamsundari3,520 people
- Nazirpur3,466 people
- Karia Sultanpur3,344 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharampur?3,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharampur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharampur?64.7% (Census 2011)