# Dharmapota Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dharmapota

Dharmapota is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **741 people in 154 households**, the 58th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 741people (2011)
- 154households
- 79.1%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapota

Of every 100 households in Dharmapota in 2011, 16 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharmapota · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**16%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****6%**

**54%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dharmapota?

■ Dharmapota · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**974

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 69.2% for women. 65% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 280 (99%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Lalgar800 people
- Chhatraganj793 people
- Muide782 people
- Deulbere764 people
- Daumabari740 people
- Gopinathpur732 people
- Bhotakhali731 people
- Badra730 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapota?741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapota?79.1% (Census 2011)