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Damodar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Damodar is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 188 families residing. The Damodar village has population of 1142 of which 614 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damodar village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damodar village is 860 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Damodar as per census is 720, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Damodar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Damodar village was 67.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Damodar Male literacy stands at 73.28 % while female literacy rate was 59.92 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Damodar 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 Damodar village.

Damodar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,142 614 528
Child (0-6) 129 75 54
Schedule Caste 499 274 225
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.03 % 73.28 % 59.92 %
Total Workers 455 346 109
Main Worker 422 - -
Marginal Worker 33 20 13

Caste Factor

In Damodar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.70 % of total population in Damodar village. The village Damodar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Damodar village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 92.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 288 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.