# Dharmapur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Dharmapur

Dharmapur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **523 people in 124 households**, the 71st largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 523people (2011)
- 124households
- 87.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmapur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharmapur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**6%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharmapur?

■ Dharmapur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**948

Working population ****32.5%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 85.1% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (38%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 55 (32%) · **■** Marginal 28 (16%)

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 Mahisadal

- Banka672 people
- Khalsa Bamanpur672 people
- Sundra649 people
- Danipur618 people
- Chand Khanda380 people
- Latmajnur Uttar Chak15 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapur?523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapur?87.2% (Census 2011)