# Damkasa Village, Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Damkasa

Damkasa is a village in Charama sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494635**. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 113 households**, the 84th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 451people (2011)
- 113households
- 80.9%literacy
- 494635PIN code

## Damkasa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Damkasa is 494635.** Damkasa falls in Charama sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494635
- Gram panchayatKasawahi
- Community development blockCharama
- Census village code447422

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

## How far is Damkasa from nearby towns?

- Charama (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)40 km by road
- Charama (nearest town)10 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 Damkasa?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Damkasa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bharritola
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Charama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 20 h winter

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 Damkasa known for?

About 39% of the 544 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Damkasa

Of every 100 households in Damkasa in 2011, 97 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damkasa · ■ Charama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****100%**

**72%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Damkasa?

■ Damkasa · ■ Charama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**957

Working population ****63.6%**

**56.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 70.7% for women. 61% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (11%) · **■** Other work 16 (6%) · **■** Marginal 162 (56%)

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 Charama

- Mainkheda581 people
- Hinganjhar580 people
- Padampur524 people
- Babu Kohaka517 people
- Kahadgondi434 people
- Tirkadand430 people
- Barkachhar427 people
- Gidhali415 people

[All 97 villages in Charama](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/charama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Damkasa?494635
- How far is Damkasa from Kanker?40 km by road
- What is the population of Damkasa?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damkasa in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Charama sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Damkasa?80.9% (Census 2011)