# Katchara Damodarpur Village, Jhargram – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Katchara Damodarpur

Katchara Damodarpur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **840 people in 166 households**, the 28th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 840people (2011)
- 166households
- 69.3%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katchara Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Katchara Damodarpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Katchara Damodarpur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****64%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Katchara Damodarpur?

■ Katchara Damodarpur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**979

Working population ****56.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 62.6% for women. 60% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 327 (69%)

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

- Nedha Bahara938 people
- Netura928 people
- Baharakoti897 people
- Dahatmal878 people
- Charda830 people
- Damrasol814 people
- Chowki Chati792 people
- Krishnaband Chutamari780 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katchara Damodarpur?840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katchara Damodarpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katchara Damodarpur?69.3% (Census 2011)