# Dharmapur Village, Bishnupur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dharmapur

Dharmapur is a village in Bishnupur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **883 people in 207 households**, the 48th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 883people (2011)
- 207households
- 77.0%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharmapur

Of every 100 households in Dharmapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmapur · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**45%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**84%

Use banking services ****60%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**24%

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 Dharmapur?

■ Dharmapur · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**953

Working population ****36.9%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 72.9% for women. 66% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 44 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 124 (38%) · **■** Marginal 69 (21%)

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 Bishnupur - II

- Dadpur1,262 people
- Abhirampur1,234 people
- Jayrampur1,211 people
- Dulalpur898 people
- Ramchandrapur873 people
- Mukundapur785 people
- Bhetki613 people
- Chak Srikrishnapur389 people

[All 53 villages in Bishnupur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharmapur?883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmapur?77.0% (Census 2011)