# Damrabad Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Damrabad

Damrabad is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **251 people in 51 households**, the 177th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 251people (2011)
- 51households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,145females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damrabad

Of every 100 households in Damrabad in 2011, 76 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damrabad · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****16%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Damrabad?

■ Damrabad · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1145**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**957

Working population ****62.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 54.6% for women. 63% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 94 (60%)

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

- Bhagiari267 people
- Sonadungri266 people
- Tilabani264 people
- Suraidih262 people
- Lagadih245 people
- Pratappur229 people
- Raghunathdih219 people
- Gabhurra217 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damrabad?251 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damrabad in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damrabad?70.5% (Census 2011)