# Damdama Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Damdama

Damdama is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **570 people in 137 households**, the 104th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 570people (2011)
- 137households
- 81.6%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdama

Of every 100 households in Damdama in 2011, 63 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damdama · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**82%

Use banking services ****98%**

**61%

Television ****37%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Damdama?

■ Damdama · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****579**

**972

Working population ****37.5%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 70.7% for women. 54% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (16%) · **■** Marginal 160 (75%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Dhultikuri632 people
- Madhusudanpur612 people
- Kandarpapur583 people
- Bengutia571 people
- Mostala558 people
- Belui557 people
- Kalaharpur538 people
- Simait510 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdama?570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdama in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdama?81.6% (Census 2011)