Damai Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Damai is a small village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 37 families residing. The Damai village has population of 178 of which 90 are males while 88 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damai village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damai village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damai as per census is 889, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Damai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damai village was 57.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damai Male literacy stands at 62.96 % while female literacy rate was 52.50 %.

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

Damai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	37	-	-
Population	178	90	88
Child (0-6)	17	9	8
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	178	90	88
Literacy	57.76 %	62.96 %	52.50 %
Total Workers	93	62	31
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	14	23

Caste Factor

In Damai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Damai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damai village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Damai village out of total population, 93 were engaged in work activities. 60.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 93 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.