# Dharmmapukuria Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dharmmapukuria

Dharmmapukuria is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,776 people in 661 households**, the 48th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,776people (2011)
- 661households
- 80.6%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmapukuria

Of every 100 households in Dharmmapukuria in 2011, 47 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dharmmapukuria · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**19%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**38%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Dharmmapukuria?

■ Dharmmapukuria · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**962

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 76.6% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 203 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (12%) · **■** Household industry 65 (7%) · **■** Other work 385 (40%) · **■** Marginal 189 (20%)

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 Bongaon

- Manikpol2,948 people
- Dakshin Sundarpur2,844 people
- Dakshin Panchpota2,828 people
- Patshimulia2,796 people
- Ambarpur2,734 people
- Ghatbaor2,711 people
- Jayantipur2,690 people
- Dakshin Baliadanga2,634 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmmapukuria?2,776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmapukuria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmapukuria?80.6% (Census 2011)