# Damdama Village, Chenga, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chenga, Barpeta 

# Damdama

Damdama is a village in Chenga sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,550 people in 282 households**, the 35th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 1,550people (2011)
- 282households
- 26.8%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Damdama PIN code and other codes

Damdama falls in Chenga sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayat84 No Dakhin Gudhani Gp
- Community development blockChenga
- Census village code282949

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Damdama from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)29 km by road
- Barpeta (nearest town)29 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Damdama?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Damdama; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chenga
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nowgaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Damdama known for?

The main crops are **rice, jute and potato**. About 9% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Damdama

Of every 100 households in Damdama in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damdama · ■ Chenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****81%**

**49%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Damdama?

■ Damdama · ■ Chenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.8%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**962

Working population ****23.9%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.7% for men and 20.1% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 340 (92%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 20 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chenga

- Lakhimpur N.C.1,660 people
- Balartari1,644 people
- Chagbandha N.C.1,586 people
- Kachumara1,565 people
- Bampara1,528 people
- Kashimpur1,520 people
- Matabari1,512 people
- Halanga Para N.C.1,460 people

[All 71 villages in Chenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/chenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Damdama from Barpeta?29 km by road
- What is the population of Damdama?1,550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdama in?Barpeta district (Chenga sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Damdama?26.8% (Census 2011)