# Damankiari Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Damankiari

Damankiari is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,680 people in 339 households**, the 25th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,680people (2011)
- 339households
- 67.6%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damankiari

Of every 100 households in Damankiari in 2011, 29 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damankiari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****32%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Damankiari?

■ Damankiari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**937

Working population ****47.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 54.8% for women. 52% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 104 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (6%) · **■** Marginal 645 (81%)

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 Kashipur

- Daulatpur1,788 people
- Pabra1,772 people
- Chitra1,771 people
- Pabra Pahari1,752 people
- Lalpur Alias Jorthol1,654 people
- Kalapathar1,649 people
- Sonathol1,586 people
- Chakalta1,538 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damankiari?1,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damankiari in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damankiari?67.6% (Census 2011)