# Dharsamoktarpur Village, Rajarhat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dharsamoktarpur

Dharsamoktarpur is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,566 people in 453 households**, the 14th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 2,566people (2011)
- 453households
- 73.7%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharsamoktarpur

Of every 100 households in Dharsamoktarpur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Dharsamoktarpur · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**54%

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

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**68%

Use banking services ****38%**

**58%

Television ****30%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**6%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Dharsamoktarpur?

■ Dharsamoktarpur · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**915

Working population ****25.7%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 72.9% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 588 (89%) · **■** Marginal 32 (5%)

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 Rajarhat

- Mobarekpur3,628 people
- Jagadishpur3,584 people
- Akandakeshari2,847 people
- Jamalpara2,694 people
- Panapukuria2,522 people
- Chhapna2,519 people
- Hudarait2,369 people
- Nawabad2,277 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharsamoktarpur?2,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharsamoktarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharsamoktarpur?73.7% (Census 2011)