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Damrughutu Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Damrughutu is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 228 families residing. The Damrughutu village has population of 1284 of which 666 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damrughutu village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damrughutu village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Damrughutu as per census is 968, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Damrughutu village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Damrughutu village was 54.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Damrughutu Male literacy stands at 66.91 % while female literacy rate was 40.24 %.

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

Damrughutu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 1,284 666 618
Child (0-6) 246 125 121
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,268 657 611
Literacy 54.14 % 66.91 % 40.24 %
Total Workers 475 319 156
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 213 75 138

Caste Factor

In Damrughutu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.75 % of total population in Damrughutu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damrughutu village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Damrughutu village out of total population, 475 were engaged in work activities. 55.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 475 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.