Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Damina

Damina is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 526 people in 131 households, the 136th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.
- 526 people (2011)
- 131 households
- 68.8% literacy
- 955 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damina

Of every 100 households in Damina in 2011, 13 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damina · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 13% 38%
- Toilet within the home 4% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 64% 70%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 6% 27%
- Television 2% 17%
- Mobile phone 15% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 37%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Damina?

■ Damina · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.8% 71.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 955 932
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1241 936
- Working population 41.1% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 62.9% for women. 64% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 52 (24%) · ■ Farm labourers 158 (73%) · ■ Other work 5 (2%) · ■ Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangarampur
- Hazichak 577 people
- Fayezpur 563 people
- Charulya 538 people
- Khaspara 537 people
- Jalilpur 521 people
- Nitpur Prasadpur 516 people
- Antal 507 people
- Nehatair 503 people

All 202 villages in Gangarampur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Damina? 526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damina in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damina? 68.8% (Census 2011)

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