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About Dharamapur Village

Dharamapur is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 135 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharamapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharamapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Usur
Pincode 494447
Area (hectares) 493.05 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 135
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharamapur compares

By the 2011 count Dharamapur is the 72nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 493.05 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Dharamapur

Dharamapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharamapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dharamapur from other places

Dharamapur lies about 26 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 35 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 Dharamapur
Tehsil headquarters Usur 22 km
District headquarters Bijapur 26 km
Nearest railway station Bacheli 35 km

Villages closest to Dharamapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharamapur village had a population of 284. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Dharamapur village has 135 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharamapur has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Dharamapur is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharamapur covers 493.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharamapur falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dharamapur is Bacheli, about 35 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dharamapur.

Dharamapur is about 26 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharamapur is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 22 km away. Bijapur is about 26 km away. Bacheli is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallepalli (1.8 km), Lingagiri (2.4 km) and Dholeguda (2.5 km).

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

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