# Dharmmapur Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Dharmmapur

Dharmmapur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,752 people in 333 households**, the 46th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,752people (2011)
- 333households
- 76.9%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmmapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**49%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**37%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dharmmapur?

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**959

Working population ****41.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (15%) · **■** Household industry 44 (6%) · **■** Other work 181 (25%) · **■** Marginal 164 (23%)

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 Ghatal

- Konora1,826 people
- Jaybag1,812 people
- Lakshanpur1,800 people
- Raghunathpur1,773 people
- Marichya1,695 people
- Baghanala1,692 people
- Kotalpur1,675 people
- Haridaspur1,673 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmmapur?1,752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmapur?76.9% (Census 2011)