Damda
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 330969
Population 2011
3,302
Census of India
Population 2020
3,452
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
150 people · 0.5% a year
Households
544
0.0% vs 544 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,302
Male / female
1,711 / 1,591
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
592
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
483 / 116
Working population
882
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
28.8%
Households
544
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
158
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
95
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
174 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
174 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Durku panchayat, Purulia-I 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
₹75.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹71.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹63.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.45 lakh · received ₹24.60 lakh · spent ₹29.02 lakh · left ₹12.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.04 lakh · received ₹35.26 lakh · spent ₹42.38 lakh · left ₹51.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3514, 86.5485 —
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staffing across Purulia ·
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