# Damodarpur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,360 people in 241 households**, the 29th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 1,360people (2011)
- 241households
- 65.0%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**70%

Use banking services ****64%**

**44%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Damodarpur?

■ Damodarpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**956

Working population ****45.4%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 60.4% for women. 46% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (13%) · **■** Household industry 156 (25%) · **■** Other work 308 (50%) · **■** Marginal 23 (4%)

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 Farakka

- Samaspur1,615 people
- Tulsi Pukur1,570 people
- Hosenpur1,504 people
- Jadabpur Nimtala1,373 people
- Par Suzapur Mandai1,291 people
- Uttar Jamalpur1,239 people
- Laharia1,184 people
- Birkendua814 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?1,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?65.0% (Census 2011)