# Hamdampur Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Hamdampur

Hamdampur is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **603 people in 135 households**, the 87th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 603people (2011)
- 135households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hamdampur

Of every 100 households in Hamdampur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hamdampur · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**92%

Use banking services ****47%**

**38%

Television ****26%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Hamdampur?

■ Hamdampur · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1275**

**960

Working population ****36.5%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 69.7% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (56%) · **■** Household industry 18 (8%) · **■** Other work 62 (28%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Kamalpur682 people
- Gopinathpur662 people
- Mathurapur638 people
- Gouripur Khastaluk604 people
- Kasibati580 people
- Asanpur576 people
- Kadamsarif563 people
- Madhusudanbati535 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hamdampur?603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hamdampur in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hamdampur?73.0% (Census 2011)