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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **987 people in 245 households**, the 77th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 987people (2011)
- 245households
- 87.1%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**20%

Tap water ****57%**

**15%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****83%**

**45%

Television ****34%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**972

Working population ****34.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 81.1% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (48%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (13%) · **■** Marginal 38 (11%)

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 Tamluk

- Hirapur1,123 people
- Srirampur1,078 people
- Barkalu1,049 people
- Narsingkalua1,048 people
- Barmirjapur950 people
- Melahait906 people
- Ramkalua902 people
- Panchpukhuria874 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?987 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?87.1% (Census 2011)