# Damdama Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Damdama

Damdama is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,294 people in 268 households**, the 33rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,294people (2011)
- 268households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,104females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdama

Of every 100 households in Damdama in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damdama · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**83%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**19%

Own their home ****8%**

**78%

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 · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1104**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1291**

**966

Working population ****42.8%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 54.6% for women. 53% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 381 (69%) · **■** Marginal 146 (26%)

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 Naxalbari

- Birsing1,380 people
- Ghusuru1,373 people
- Lohasing1,363 people
- Manjha Tea Garden1,323 people
- Sebdella1,276 people
- Putimari1,217 people
- M.M.Terai1,204 people
- Siubar1,052 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdama?1,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdama in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdama?63.7% (Census 2011)