# Dharmmapur Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dharmmapur

Dharmmapur is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **554 people in 136 households**, the 174th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 554people (2011)
- 136households
- 88.2%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmmapur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****42%**

**36%

Television ****35%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dharmmapur?

■ Dharmmapur · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**949

Working population ****37.2%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 80.3% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (11%) · **■** Household industry 30 (15%) · **■** Other work 42 (20%) · **■** Marginal 73 (35%)

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 Panskura

- Dakshin Arjjunda572 people
- Amdubi565 people
- Hariharpur564 people
- Gobindapur560 people
- Gajna545 people
- Alugram544 people
- Raisanda544 people
- Paschim Arjjunda532 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmmapur?554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmmapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmmapur?88.2% (Census 2011)