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About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a mid sized village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 821, made up of 438 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.19 hectares hectares.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 292.19 hectares
Population 821
Male Population 438
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharampur compares

By the 2011 count Dharampur is the 77th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 292.19 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Dharampur

The census records public bus service for Dharampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 10 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Balahapur, about under 2 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 railway station Balahapur under 2 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 10 km
Nearest town Luckeesarai 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 18 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

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

Common questions about Dharampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharampur village had a population of 821. That makes it the 77th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Dharampur village has 438 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Dharampur covers 292.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharampur falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Balahapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dharampur.

Dharampur is about 10 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Balahapur is about under 2 km away. Lakhisarai is about 10 km away. Luckeesarai is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alakhpura (under 2 km), Sangrampur (4.9 km) and Jagir Gopal Singh (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dharampur today is likely to be higher.

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