# Damdama Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Damdama

Damdama is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,552 people in 261 households**, the 88th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,552people (2011)
- 261households
- 59.1%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damdama

Of every 100 households in Damdama in 2011, 12 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Damdama · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Damdama?

■ Damdama · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**943

Working population ****23.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 47.0% for women. 32% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (63%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 97 (26%)

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 Karandighi

- Doarin1,579 people
- Barapataul1,574 people
- Pichhla1,563 people
- Sima Anandapur1,563 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Balchiar1,536 people
- Shikarpur1,499 people
- Alampur1,481 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damdama?1,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damdama in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Damdama?59.1% (Census 2011)