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About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a mid sized village in Dumra tehsil, in the district of Sitamarhi, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,073, made up of 576 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Sitamarhi
Tehsil Dumra
Area (hectares) 66 hectares
Population 1,073
Male Population 576
Female Population 497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharampur compares

By the 2011 count Dharampur is the 61st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,470 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Dharampur

Dharampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dharampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 35 km from Sitamarhi, and the nearest railway station is Janakpur Road, about 20 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 Janakpur Road 20 km
Nearest town Jainagar 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumra 33 km
District headquarters Sitamarhi 35 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumra 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 1,073. That makes it the 61st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,470 residents.

Dharampur village has 576 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Dharampur covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dharampur falls under Dumra tehsil of Sitamarhi district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Janakpur Road, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dharampur.

Dharampur is about 35 km from Sitamarhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Dumra tehsil of Sitamarhi district. Janakpur Road is about 20 km away. Jainagar is about 29 km away. Dumra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahsaul Urf Rampur Lachmi (under 2 km), Rampur (under 2 km) and Rampur Bakhri (under 2 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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