# Damodarpur Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,303 people in 457 households**, the 15th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,303people (2011)
- 457households
- 62.9%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

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 Damodarpur?

■ Damodarpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**969

Working population ****60.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 49.5% for women. 61% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 307 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 224 (16%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (10%) · **■** Marginal 712 (51%)

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 Puncha

- Penchara2,614 people
- Matha2,446 people
- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people
- Kaira2,249 people
- Chhirudi2,243 people
- Panipathar2,118 people
- Konapara1,990 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?2,303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?62.9% (Census 2011)