# Dharampur Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Dharampur

Dharampur is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,789 people in 391 households**, the 6th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,789people (2011)
- 391households
- 57.6%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharampur

Of every 100 households in Dharampur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dharampur · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**26%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Dharampur?

■ Dharampur · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**949

Working population ****51.7%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 42.5% for women. 58% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 190 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 85 (9%) · **■** Marginal 449 (49%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Lakra2,474 people
- Dighi2,110 people
- Dangardi1,828 people
- Jamtaria1,813 people
- Bari1,731 people
- Kultanr Alias Baranda1,707 people
- Kutni1,707 people
- Balarampur alias Khariduara1,653 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharampur?1,789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharampur in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharampur?57.6% (Census 2011)