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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALLIKA ADHIKARY
Contact: 62****4842
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- LGD code
- 332887
- Pincode
- 711322
- Post office
- Panchla
- Population
- 3,067
- Households
- 768
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,358
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhamsa compares
By population, Dhamsa ranks #8 of 13 villages in Panchla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+7.8% vs mandal average
- Dhamsa
- 76.2%
- Panchla mandal
- 68.4%
- Howrah district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
+39 vs mandal average
- Dhamsa
- 985
- Panchla mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Dhamsa
- 4.0
- Panchla mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhamsa at a glance
Dhamsa is a village of 3,067 people in 768 households (Census 2011) in Panchla block, Howrah district, West Bengal, the 8th-largest of 13 villages in Panchla block. Literacy is 76%, 8 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 711322, served by Panchla post office; the LGD village code is 332887. The sarpanch is MALLIKA ADHIKARY, and the village votes in Uluberia Purba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ritabrata Banerjee. The population is estimated at 3,616 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sahapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhamsa · this village | 3,067 | 76% | — |
| Belkulai · Panchla | 3,580 | 73% | — |
| Khayjapur · Panchla | 2,155 | 70% | — |
| Sahapur (Ct) · Panchla | — | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhamsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 57.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhamsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhamsa
- LGD code
- 332887
- Pincode
- 711322
- Post office
- Panchla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,067
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,616
- Households
- 768
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Uluberia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Uluberia Purba
- Member of Parliament
- Sajda Ahmed
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ritabrata Banerjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALLIKA ADHIKARY
- Block / Mandal
- Panchla
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 711322
- Jala BishwanathpurPanchla mandal8,569 pop
- SankhaliPanchla mandal4,290 pop
- SurikhaliUluberia - II mandal4,158 pop
- BelkulaiPanchla mandal3,580 pop
- SamantiPanchla mandal3,580 pop
- Gharbhanga BasudebpurUluberia - II mandal3,369 pop
- NayachakPanchla mandal2,941 pop
- Dakshin PanchlaPanchla mandal2,564 pop
- NayachakUluberia - II mandal2,339 pop
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Other villages named Dhamsa
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dhamsa
Other villages in Panchla mandal
View all 32 →- Jala Bishwanathpur
- Ranihati
- Sankhali
- Kulai
- Belkulai
- Samanti
- Jayrampur
- Nayachak
- Dakshin Panchla
- Khayjapur
- Satgharia
- Shyamchak
- Ban Harishpur (Ct)
- Beldubi (Ct)
- Bikihakola (Ct)
- Deulpur (Ct)
- Dhunki (Ct)
- Gabberia (Ct)
- Gangadharpur (Ct)
- Gondalpara (Ct)
- Jala Kendua (Ct)
- Jaynagar (Ct)
- Jujarsaha (Ct)
- Khasjalalsi (Ct)
- Kuldanga (Ct)
- Kusadanga (Ct)
- Mallik Bagan (Ct)
- Panchla (Ct)
- Paniara (Ct)
- Paschim Panchla (Ct)
- Sahapur (Ct)
- Shuvararah (Ct)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)