# Damodar Pura Village, Khirkiya, Harda (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Khirkiya, Harda 

# Damodar Pura

Damodar Pura is a village in Khirkiya sub-district of Harda district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 68 households**, the 55th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 384people (2011)
- 68households
- 76.1%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Damodar Pura PIN code and other codes

Damodar Pura falls in Khirkiya sub-district, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKhirkiya
- Census village code486557

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

## How far is Damodar Pura from nearby towns?

- Khirkiya (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Harda (district HQ)53 km by road
- Khirkiya (nearest town)18 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 Damodar Pura?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Charua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Harda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 3 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 Damodar Pura known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 92% of the 250 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 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 Damodar Pura

Of every 100 households in Damodar Pura in 2011, 96 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodar Pura · ■ Khirkiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**37%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**40%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Damodar Pura?

■ Damodar Pura · ■ Khirkiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**941

Working population ****46.4%**

**42.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 64.2% for women. 52% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (49%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (11%)

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 Khirkiya

- Bharwadi Ryt420 people
- Jhanjhri416 people
- Khedimal398 people
- Sakatya386 people
- Neemkheda Mafi384 people
- Anjrood Mal372 people
- Dholpur349 people
- Bodgaon332 people

[All 87 villages in Khirkiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/harda/khirkiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Damodar Pura from Harda?53 km by road
- What is the population of Damodar Pura?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodar Pura in?Harda district (Khirkiya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Damodar Pura?76.1% (Census 2011)