# Damra, Gangajalghati, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Damra

Damra is a village in [Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **504 people in 94 households**, the 114th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 504people (2011)
- 94households
- 82.5%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damra

Of every 100 households in Damra in 2011, 52 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Damra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**86%

Tap water ****46%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**67%

Use banking services ****76%**

**43%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Damra?

■ Damra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**908

Working population ****30.8%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 69.3% for women. 60% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 114 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (6%) · **■** Other work 30 (19%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Bayer Mara516 people
- Arbat514 people
- Kot Madan Mohanpur512 people
- Balikhun506 people
- Shimlagar502 people
- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Sankarara465 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Other places named Damra

- Damra · Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya · 244 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damra?504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damra in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damra?82.5% (Census 2011)