About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a mid sized village in Puncha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 620 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Puncha
Pincode	723128
Area (hectares)	604.21 hectares
Population	1,298
Male Population	620
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
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 38th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,260 residents. Its 604.21 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

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 61 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Bankura Jn., about 27 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
Tehsil headquarters	Puncha	26 km
Nearest railway station	Bankura Jn.	27 km
Nearest town	Bānkura	27 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	61 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Puncha 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 1,298. That makes it the 38th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,260 residents.

Dharampur village has 620 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Dharampur is 723128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharampur covers 604.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharampur falls under Puncha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Bankura Jn., about 27 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 61 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Puncha tehsil of Puruliya district. Puncha is about 26 km away. Bankura Jn. is about 27 km away. Bānkura is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.