# Dharmmasagar Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dharmmasagar

Dharmmasagar is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,156 people in 254 households**, the 70th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,156people (2011)
- 254households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmasagar

Of every 100 households in Dharmmasagar in 2011, 18 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmmasagar · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**38%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**25%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**59%

Television ****17%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Dharmmasagar?

■ Dharmmasagar · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1310**

**972

Working population ****35.3%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 64.1% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (23%) · **■** Marginal 221 (54%)

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

- Bali Pata1,199 people
- Salampur1,197 people
- Shrirampur1,186 people
- Jaykrishnapur1,176 people
- Barjalalpur1,155 people
- Balitora1,152 people
- Gokulnagar1,138 people
- Hosenpur1,133 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 Dharmmasagar?1,156 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmasagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmasagar?73.0% (Census 2011)