# Damdaha Village, Salanpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/salanpur/damdaha/

Village · Salanpur, Barddhaman 

# Damdaha

Damdaha is a village in Salanpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **952 people in 191 households**, the 41st largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 952people (2011)
- 191households
- 66.5%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdaha

Of every 100 households in Damdaha in 2011, 56 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Damdaha · ■ Salanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**62%

Tap water ****49%**

**51%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**14%

Use banking services ****63%**

**64%

Television ****43%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**26%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**86%

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 Damdaha?

■ Damdaha · ■ Salanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**936

Working population ****34.9%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 50.9% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 189 (57%) · **■** Marginal 126 (38%)

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 Salanpur

- Dhundabad1,002 people
- Parbbatpur989 people
- Manahara972 people
- Pahargara966 people
- Bathanbari941 people
- Mahishmura941 people
- Lohat930 people
- Patal908 people

[All 75 villages in Salanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/salanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdaha?952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdaha in?Barddhaman district (Salanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdaha?66.5% (Census 2011)