# Damodar Chak Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Damodar Chak

Damodar Chak is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,212 people in 242 households**, the 68th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,212people (2011)
- 242households
- 80.0%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodar Chak

Of every 100 households in Damodar Chak in 2011, 72 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damodar Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**56%

Tap water ****4%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**58%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Damodar Chak?

■ Damodar Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**960

Working population ****25.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 77.4% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (13%) · **■** Marginal 123 (40%)

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 Keshpur

- Kapastikri1,261 people
- Gopinathpur1,239 people
- Dhan Dangra1,217 people
- Gopal Bandh1,213 people
- Jheta Jambani1,204 people
- Golaugrasanda1,166 people
- Kokapur1,141 people
- Gar Senapatya1,138 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodar Chak?1,212 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodar Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodar Chak?80.0% (Census 2011)