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Damdama Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Damdama is a medium size village located in Naxalbari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 268 families residing. The Damdama village has population of 1294 of which 615 are males while 679 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damdama village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 15.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damdama village is 1104 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damdama as per census is 1291, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Damdama village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damdama village was 63.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damdama Male literacy stands at 73.53 % while female literacy rate was 54.58 %.

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

Damdama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,294 615 679
Child (0-6) 197 86 111
Schedule Caste 13 4 9
Schedule Tribe 1,252 598 654
Literacy 63.72 % 73.53 % 54.58 %
Total Workers 554 328 226
Main Worker 408 - -
Marginal Worker 146 67 79

Caste Factor

In Damdama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.00 % of total population in Damdama village.

Work Profile

In Damdama village out of total population, 554 were engaged in work activities. 73.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 554 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.