# Purba Damdim Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Purba Damdim

Purba Damdim is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,930 people in 414 households**, the 62nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,930people (2011)
- 414households
- 66.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Damdim

Of every 100 households in Purba Damdim in 2011, 12 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Damdim · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**62%

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 Purba Damdim?

■ Purba Damdim · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**970

Working population ****37.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 57.8% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 128 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (28%) · **■** Other work 135 (19%) · **■** Marginal 259 (36%)

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 Mal

- Chengmarihat2,008 people
- Bidurerdanga2,004 people
- Dakshin Chengmari1,974 people
- Dalingkote Tea Garden1,935 people
- Apalchand Forest1,928 people
- Paschim Sangapara1,797 people
- Purbba Sangapara1,796 people
- Saogaon Tea Garden1,783 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Damdim?1,930 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Damdim in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Damdim?66.0% (Census 2011)