# Damdalia Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Damdalia

Damdalia is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,191 people in 687 households**, the 19th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,191people (2011)
- 687households
- 54.8%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdalia

Of every 100 households in Damdalia in 2011, 7 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damdalia · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**32%

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 Damdalia?

■ Damdalia · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**955

Working population ****34.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 49.1% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 212 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (30%) · **■** Other work 66 (6%) · **■** Marginal 495 (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 Itahar

- Sohair3,381 people
- Hasua3,358 people
- Balijol3,323 people
- Baidara3,237 people
- Bhagnail3,155 people
- Jamalpur3,072 people
- Pajol2,963 people
- Bhabanipur Bejpukur2,832 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdalia?3,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdalia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdalia?54.8% (Census 2011)