About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a mid sized village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 629 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	1,197
Male Population	629
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharampur compares

By the 2011 count Dharampur is the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Dharampur

Dharampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharampur from other places

Dharampur lies about 34 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dharampur
Nearest town	Kharagpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	22 km
District headquarters	Banka	34 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dharampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharampur village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Dharampur village has 629 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Dharampur covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dharampur falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Kamarganj, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dharampur.

Dharampur is about 34 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 14 km away. Kamarganj is about 15 km away. Amarpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.