# Damrughutu Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Damrughutu

Damrughutu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,284 people in 228 households**, the 36th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,284people (2011)
- 228households
- 54.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damrughutu

Of every 100 households in Damrughutu in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damrughutu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****53%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Damrughutu?

■ Damrughutu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**973

Working population ****37.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 40.2% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 88 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 169 (36%) · **■** Marginal 213 (45%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people
- Simni1,327 people
- Urusharam1,289 people
- Panrrama1,254 people
- Katia1,239 people
- Panrra1,225 people
- Chatrani1,157 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damrughutu?1,284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damrughutu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damrughutu?54.1% (Census 2011)