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Dama Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Dama is a large village located in Bagodar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 1035 families residing. The Dama village has population of 6142 of which 3203 are males while 2939 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dama village population of children with age 0-6 is 1051 which makes up 17.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dama village is 918 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dama as per census is 894, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dama village was 62.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dama Male literacy stands at 78.85 % while female literacy rate was 45.56 %.

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

Dama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,035 - -
Population 6,142 3,203 2,939
Child (0-6) 1,051 555 496
Schedule Caste 1,070 551 519
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.88 % 78.85 % 45.56 %
Total Workers 3,120 1,702 1,418
Main Worker 629 - -
Marginal Worker 2,491 1,148 1,343

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.42 % of total population in Dama village. The village Dama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dama village out of total population, 3120 were engaged in work activities. 20.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3120 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.