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Damua Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Damua is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 76 families residing. The Damua village has population of 460 of which 250 are males while 210 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damua village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damua village is 840 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damua as per census is 657, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Damua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damua village was 85.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damua Male literacy stands at 92.56 % while female literacy rate was 78.07 %.

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

Damua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 460 250 210
Child (0-6) 58 35 23
Schedule Caste 40 24 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.82 % 92.56 % 78.07 %
Total Workers 179 148 31
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 34 32 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.70 % of total population in Damua village. The village Damua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Damua village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 81.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.