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Dharampur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dharampur is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 391 families residing. The Dharampur village has population of 1789 of which 896 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 11.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharampur village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharampur as per census is 873, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dharampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharampur village was 57.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dharampur Male literacy stands at 72.90 % while female literacy rate was 42.53 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dharampur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dharampur village.

Dharampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,789 896 893
Child (0-6) 206 110 96
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 821 410 411
Literacy 57.61 % 72.90 % 42.53 %
Total Workers 925 522 403
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 449 199 250

Caste Factor

In Dharampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.28 % of total population in Dharampur village.

Work Profile

In Dharampur village out of total population, 925 were engaged in work activities. 51.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 925 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 200 were Agricultural labourer.