# Damodarpur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 35 households**, the 83rd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 220people (2011)
- 35households
- 43.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damodarpur

Of every 100 households in Damodarpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damodarpur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****100%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****11%**

**52%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.9%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**973

Working population ****31.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.3% for men and 26.8% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 8 (12%) · **■** Marginal 61 (88%)

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 Santuri

- Muktipur253 people
- Palash Pahari242 people
- Nuhuchibad239 people
- Kalikapur234 people
- Dhuluri213 people
- Ledasan191 people
- Saoradi185 people
- Ghutgarya163 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damodarpur?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damodarpur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damodarpur?43.9% (Census 2011)