# Dama Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Dama

Dama is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,397 people in 295 households**, the 48th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,397people (2011)
- 295households
- 71.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dama

Of every 100 households in Dama in 2011, 1 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dama · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**81%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Dama?

■ Dama · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**916

Working population ****22.9%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 61.3% for women. 41% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 304 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (32%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Mehnagar

- Koilari Bujurg2,483 people
- Barwa Sagar2,430 people
- Bansgaon2,413 people
- Rasapur2,404 people
- Pitthaurpur2,375 people
- Hasanpur2,350 people
- Malpar2,315 people
- Gahuni2,303 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dama?2,397 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dama in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dama?71.6% (Census 2011)