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Damahar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Damahar is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 173 families residing. The Damahar village has population of 748 of which 380 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 7.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damahar village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damahar as per census is 1120, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Damahar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damahar village was 95.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damahar Male literacy stands at 96.62 % while female literacy rate was 94.12 %.

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

Damahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 748 380 368
Child (0-6) 53 25 28
Schedule Caste 46 25 21
Schedule Tribe 41 25 16
Literacy 95.40 % 96.62 % 94.12 %
Total Workers 211 177 34
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.48 % of total population in Damahar village.

Work Profile

In Damahar village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 96.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.