# Damodarpur Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **295 people in 63 households**, the 123rd largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 295people (2011)
- 63households
- 47.3%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**66%

Use banking services ****32%**

**45%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****515**

**939

Working population ****48.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 30.8% for women. 51% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (25%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 84 (59%)

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 Saltora

- Binoddihi350 people
- Pathardihi331 people
- Bamnishala307 people
- Binodpur302 people
- Chaukhuri294 people
- Hirerban293 people
- Siakuldoba289 people
- Lakshankata268 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?295 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?47.3% (Census 2011)