Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur
# Damua

Damua is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 460 people in 76 households, the 117th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.
- 460 people (2011)
- 76 households
- 85.8% literacy
- 840 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damua

Of every 100 households in Damua in 2011, 86 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damua · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Electricity for lighting 86% 40%
- Toilet within the home 99% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 4%
- Tap water 0% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 40% 42%
- Television 36% 14%
- Mobile phone 58% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 25% 27%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Damua?

■ Damua · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 85.8% 89.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 840 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 657 948
- Working population 38.9% 41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 78.1% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 15 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 27 (15%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 102 (57%) · ■ Marginal 34 (19%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - III
- Tatkapur 506 people
- Brahman Chak 482 people
- Dumurbera 466 people
- Dhanghara 462 people
- Tatka Bar 450 people
- Kanrra Mari 448 people
- Barbaria Urf Kutakuti 440 people
- Jalalpur 434 people

All 166 villages in Contai - III

## Other places named Damua
- Damua · Town, Chhindwara · 24,663 people
- Damua · Village, Parasia, Chhindwara · 2,313 people
- Damua · Village, Umreth, Chhindwara · 764 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Damua? 460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damua in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damua? 85.8% (Census 2011)

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