# Dharmma Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dharmma

Dharmma is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 380 households**, the 32nd largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 380households
- 80.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmma

Of every 100 households in Dharmma in 2011, 46 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmma · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**38%

Tap water ****19%**

**23%

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

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**59%

Television ****16%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dharmma?

■ Dharmma · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**972

Working population ****48.3%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 68.2% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (18%) · **■** Household industry 188 (22%) · **■** Other work 16 (2%) · **■** Marginal 282 (33%)

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 Daspur - I

- Dadpur1,790 people
- Basantapur1,789 people
- Kunjapur1,783 people
- Gurli1,775 people
- Karuna Chak1,701 people
- Gadighat1,694 people
- Radhanagar1,672 people
- Sekendari1,668 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmma?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmma in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmma?80.5% (Census 2011)