# Dholmari Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Dholmari

Dholmari is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,948 people in 417 households**, the 17th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,948people (2011)
- 417households
- 88.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dholmari

Of every 100 households in Dholmari in 2011, 17 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dholmari · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**9%

Tap water ****37%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****25%**

**35%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Dholmari?

■ Dholmari · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**949

Working population ****56.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 84.4% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (15%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (9%) · **■** Marginal 651 (60%)

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 Deshopran

- Fuleshawar2,086 people
- Chandberya2,082 people
- Bamunia2,002 people
- Chandibhetti1,972 people
- Purba Amtalia1,878 people
- Bara Subarnanagar1,871 people
- Dakshin Paikbar1,869 people
- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dholmari?1,948 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholmari in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dholmari?88.5% (Census 2011)