# Dam Dama Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dam Dama

Dam Dama is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,658 people in 304 households**, the 38th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,658people (2011)
- 304households
- 41.7%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dam Dama

Of every 100 households in Dam Dama in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dam Dama · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**49%

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 Dam Dama?

■ Dam Dama · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**978

Working population ****44.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.5% for men and 30.7% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 344 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (8%) · **■** Marginal 287 (39%)

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 Jaynagar - II

- Napukuria1,799 people
- Srirampur1,782 people
- Paschim Raghunathpur1,706 people
- Baltala1,659 people
- Taltala1,190 people
- Ghoser Chak986 people
- Kamalpur972 people
- Chandipur955 people

[All 47 villages in Jaynagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dam Dama?1,658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dam Dama in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dam Dama?41.7% (Census 2011)