# Damda Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Damda

Damda is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,292 people in 219 households**, the 35th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,292people (2011)
- 219households
- 61.8%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damda

Of every 100 households in Damda in 2011, 16 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Damda · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**85%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Damda?

■ Damda · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1312**

**957

Working population ****29.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 45.9% for women. 50% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 20 (5%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 285 (75%)

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 Barabazar

- Baramukru1,371 people
- Chandanpur1,359 people
- Rajdih1,331 people
- Rautora1,298 people
- Pattoria1,278 people
- Bardaha1,222 people
- Lakshmanpur1,190 people
- Bajra1,180 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damda?1,292 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damda in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damda?61.8% (Census 2011)