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Dharmapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dharmapur is a medium size village located in Mahisadal Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 124 families residing. The Dharmapur village has population of 523 of which 272 are males while 251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharmapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 7.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharmapur village is 923 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharmapur as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dharmapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharmapur village was 87.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dharmapur Male literacy stands at 89.11 % while female literacy rate was 85.11 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dharmapur 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 Dharmapur village.

Dharmapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 523 272 251
Child (0-6) 40 24 16
Schedule Caste 12 6 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.16 % 89.11 % 85.11 %
Total Workers 170 147 23
Main Worker 142 - -
Marginal Worker 28 11 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.29 % of total population in Dharmapur village. The village Dharmapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dharmapur village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 83.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.