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Damankiari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Damankiari is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 339 families residing. The Damankiari village has population of 1680 of which 825 are males while 855 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damankiari village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damankiari village is 1036 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damankiari as per census is 991, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Damankiari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damankiari village was 67.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damankiari Male literacy stands at 80.84 % while female literacy rate was 54.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Damankiari village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Damankiari village.

Damankiari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 339 - -
Population 1,680 825 855
Child (0-6) 219 110 109
Schedule Caste 40 21 19
Schedule Tribe 1,179 576 603
Literacy 67.56 % 80.84 % 54.83 %
Total Workers 798 427 371
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 645 299 346

Caste Factor

In Damankiari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.38 % of total population in Damankiari village.

Work Profile

In Damankiari village out of total population, 798 were engaged in work activities. 19.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 798 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.