# Damai Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Damai

Damai is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **178 people in 37 households**, the 258th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 178people (2011)
- 37households
- 57.8%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damai

Of every 100 households in Damai in 2011, 10 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Damai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**26%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Damai?

■ Damai · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**965

Working population ****52.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 52.5% for women. 69% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 37 (40%)

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 Balurghat

- Chak Jujar202 people
- Chak Khetab194 people
- Chak Ramnarayan191 people
- Gopinathpur187 people
- Kesabpur178 people
- Chilimbad173 people
- Nihi Nagar173 people
- Asurakrisnabati172 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damai?178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damai?57.8% (Census 2011)