# Dharash Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Dharash

Dharash is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 284 households**, the 39th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 284households
- 95.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharash

Of every 100 households in Dharash in 2011, 43 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharash · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**46%

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

**91%

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

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****19%**

**45%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**23%

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 Dharash?

■ Dharash · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.2%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**981

Working population ****30.7%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.0% for men and 91.0% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (17%) · **■** Marginal 238 (58%)

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 Ramnagar - II

- Jinandipur1,474 people
- Suberia1,431 people
- Dadanpatra1,391 people
- Arya Padyapur1,358 people
- Uttar Tentultala1,289 people
- Teghari1,283 people
- Manikbasan1,261 people
- Bhuianjibar1,209 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharash?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharash in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharash?95.2% (Census 2011)