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Dama Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Dama is a large village located in Deesa Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 705 families residing. The Dama village has population of 4029 of which 2054 are males while 1975 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dama village population of children with age 0-6 is 644 which makes up 15.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dama village is 962 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Dama as per census is 814, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Dama village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Dama village was 70.96 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Dama Male literacy stands at 83.11 % while female literacy rate was 58.72 %.

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 705 - -
Population 4,029 2,054 1,975
Child (0-6) 644 355 289
Schedule Caste 350 179 171
Schedule Tribe 106 51 55
Literacy 70.96 % 83.11 % 58.72 %
Total Workers 1,805 1,073 732
Main Worker 1,311 - -
Marginal Worker 494 35 459

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.69 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.63 % of total population in Dama village.

Work Profile

In Dama village out of total population, 1805 were engaged in work activities. 72.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1805 workers engaged in Main Work, 645 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 314 were Agricultural labourer.