# Damodarpur Village, Chandankiyari, Bokaro (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chandankiyari, Bokaro 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Chandankiyari sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **469 people in 86 households**, the 105th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 469people (2011)
- 86households
- 73.3%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Damodarpur PIN code and other codes

Damodarpur falls in Chandankiyari sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBhojudi
- Community development blockChandankiyari
- Census village code362814

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

## How far is Damodarpur from nearby towns?

- Chandankiyari (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)35 km by road
- Chas (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 Damodarpur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Damodarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chandra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bokaro
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bokaro
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Damodarpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 60% of the 230 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**77%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****53%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Damodarpur?

■ Damodarpur · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1486**

**959

Working population ****32.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 57.0% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** Marginal 136 (91%)

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 Chandankiyari

- Jashpur540 people
- Nawadi526 people
- Sharishakuri500 people
- Bindabanpur492 people
- Karadi466 people
- Amdiha436 people
- Lututanr422 people
- Nekura412 people

[All 128 villages in Chandankiyari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chandankiyari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Damodarpur from Bokaro?35 km by road
- What is the population of Damodarpur?469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Bokaro district (Chandankiyari sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?73.3% (Census 2011)