Damchhera
Damcherra block · North Tripura
district, Tripura · PIN 799256
· village code 272662
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,817 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,244 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,817
Male / female
2,489 / 2,328
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
769
Literacy rate
76.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
549 / 1,558
Working population
1,637
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
19.6%
Households
983
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Damcherra panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
131
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
9
Non-farm households
487
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 5 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Damcherra panchayat, Damcherra Bac zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹18.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹28.11 lakh
Received directly
₹72,188
Spent
₹19.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.67 lakh · received ₹7.83 lakh · spent ₹7.37 lakh · left ₹9.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.11 lakh · received ₹20.29 lakh · spent ₹11.87 lakh · left ₹19.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2883, 92.1768 —
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Nearby villages
Chandipur
compare · Chandpur
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compare · Damchhera Reserve Forest
compare · Dasda Lakshmipur
compare · Dashmanipara
compare · Deo Reserve Forest (Part)
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in North Tripura district ·
School
staffing across North Tripura ·
…and across Tripura