# Damdama Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Damdama

Damdama is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,264 people in 530 households**, the 66th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,264people (2011)
- 530households
- 69.8%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdama

Of every 100 households in Damdama in 2011, 36 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Damdama · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****6%**

**38%

Television ****12%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****33%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Damdama?

■ Damdama · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1131**

**962

Working population ****35.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 62.8% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (41%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (11%) · **■** Marginal 282 (35%)

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 Bongaon

- Keutipara2,353 people
- Chanda2,313 people
- Barddhan Beria2,311 people
- Chamta2,267 people
- Harishpur2,183 people
- Gopalnagar2,174 people
- Kamalapur2,102 people
- Panpara2,087 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdama?2,264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdama in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdama?69.8% (Census 2011)