# Damodarpur Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,537 people in 553 households**, the 20th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 2,537people (2011)
- 553households
- 82.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Damodarpur?

■ Damodarpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**925

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 76.3% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (7%) · **■** Marginal 651 (76%)

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 Chandipur

- Kalika Khali2,759 people
- Narandanri2,714 people
- Brindabanpur2,676 people
- Saripur2,644 people
- Sultanpur2,485 people
- Majnabaria2,467 people
- Patna2,404 people
- Chandipur2,343 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?2,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?82.7% (Census 2011)