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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JH
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAMUNA HEMBRAM
Contact: 97****0885
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- LGD code
- 324855
- Pincode
- 712147
- Post office
- Itachuna
- Population
- 1,293
- Households
- 290
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 621
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 53 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1200 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khanyan · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pandua Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhamasin compares
By population, Dhamasin ranks #79 of 154 villages in Pandua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−3.5% vs mandal average
- Dhamasin
- 64.0%
- Pandua mandal
- 67.5%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−22 vs mandal average
- Dhamasin
- 965
- Pandua mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhamasin
- 4.5
- Pandua mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhamasin at a glance
Dhamasin is a village of 1,293 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Pandua block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 79th-largest of 154 villages in Pandua block. Literacy is 64%, 4 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Hooghly district centre, 22 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 3 km from Khanyan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712147, served by Itachuna post office; the LGD village code is 324855. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pandua Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is JAMUNA HEMBRAM, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 1,446 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhamasin · this village | 1,293 | 64% | — |
| Rudrashanda · Pandua | 830 | 73% | 1.1 km SW |
| Kalishanda · Pandua | 980 | 77% | 1.7 km NE |
| Mulati · Pandua | 1,591 | 72% | 1.8 km E |
| Chhota Sarasa · Pandua | 2,581 | 65% | 2 km S |
| Rosna · Pandua | 819 | 68% | 2 km SW |
| Sankpur · Pandua | 1,004 | 63% | 2.2 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhamasin
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 148.338
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhamasin
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhamasin
- LGD code
- 324855
- Pincode
- 712147
- Post office
- Itachuna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,446
- Households
- 290
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.04171°N, 88.28790°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAMUNA HEMBRAM
- Block / Mandal
- Pandua
Getting there
How to reach Dhamasin
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata53 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1200 km
- Delhi1269 km
- Chennai1394 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhanyan3 km
- Bus stopBalikukhari Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCPandua Rural Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankSBI13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum19 km
- CollegeRBC college22 km
- Police stationBizpore Police Station20 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dhamasin
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Satgharia Primary SchoolSchool3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)