# Damgram Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Damgram

Damgram is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **126 people in 29 households**, the 364th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 126people (2011)
- 29households
- 81.2%literacy
- 1,172females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damgram

Of every 100 households in Damgram in 2011, 32 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Damgram · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**86%

Tap water ****39%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****32%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Damgram?

■ Damgram · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1172**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**979

Working population ****36.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 77.4% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (4%) · **■** Other work 11 (24%) · **■** Marginal 26 (57%)

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 Jhargram

- Antapati130 people
- Kusuk Danga128 people
- Nohajalia127 people
- Bara Bhaudi126 people
- Guri Pukur126 people
- Hariadhara125 people
- Hatibari125 people
- Balisol123 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damgram?126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damgram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damgram?81.2% (Census 2011)