# Damakunda Village, Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar (Jharkhand)

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Village · Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar 

# Damakunda

Damakunda is a village in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district of Deoghar district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814150**. The 2011 Census counted **732 people in 132 households**, the 22nd largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 732people (2011)
- 132households
- 52.2%literacy
- 814150PIN code

## Damakunda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Damakunda is 814150.** Damakunda falls in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district, Deoghar district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code814150
- Gram panchayatSona Rai Tharhi
- Community development blockSona Rai Tharhi
- Census village code354117

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

## How far is Damakunda from nearby towns?

- Sona Rai Tharhi (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Deoghar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Deoghar (nearest town)30 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 Damakunda?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Damakunda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Porkhawa
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Deoghar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Deoghar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 5 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 Damakunda known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 93% of the 126 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Damakunda

Of every 100 households in Damakunda in 2011, 11 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Damakunda · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Tap water ****5%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Damakunda?

■ Damakunda · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**967

Working population ****28.1%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 40.2% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (16%) · **■** Household industry 86 (42%) · **■** Other work 49 (24%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Sona Rai Tharhi

- Basbutia812 people
- Dhorhwa778 people
- Naktiamjora747 people
- Jarka740 people
- Asanbahiyari727 people
- Saraia724 people
- Upar Baghdabra722 people
- Dondiya Nawadih715 people

[All 214 villages in Sona Rai Tharhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/deoghar/sona-rai-tharhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Damakunda?814150
- How far is Damakunda from Deoghar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Damakunda?732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damakunda in?Deoghar district (Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Damakunda?52.2% (Census 2011)
