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West Bengal Anganwadi Centres to Get Permanent Buildings
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Damodarpur is a village in Nayagram mandal, Jhargram district, West Bengal, comprising 412 people in 104 households. It has a literacy rate of 53.9% and is situated at coordinates 24.557°N, 87.862°E with PIN code 721135.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lilu Kumar Murmu
Contact: 73****2471
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- LGD code
- 340816
- Pincode
- 721135
- Post office
- Kultikri
- Population
- 412
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1060 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 217
- Distance to district centre
- 254 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 286 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 226 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1151 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajgram · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Rajgram · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Damodarpur compares
By population, Damodarpur ranks #132 of 336 villages in Nayagram mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
−1.9% vs mandal average
Damodarpur53.9%
Nayagram mandal55.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,060
+72 vs mandal average
Damodarpur1,060
Nayagram mandal988
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
Damodarpur4.0
Nayagram mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damodarpur at a glance
Damodarpur is a village of 412 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Nayagram block, Jhargram district, West Bengal, the 132nd-largest of 336 villages in Nayagram block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,060 women per 1,000 men. It lies 254 km from the Jhargram district centre, 4 km from Bahutali, the nearest town, 1 km from Rajgram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721135, served by Kultikri post office; the LGD village code is 340816. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Rajgram, 1 km away. The sarpanch is Lilu Kumar Murmu, and the village votes in Nayagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amiya Kisku. The population is estimated at 486 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damodarpur · this village | 412 | 54% | — |
| Damodarpur · Contai - I | 426 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Vishnupur | 1,612 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Debra | 339 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Debra | 126 | 90% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Hat Gamharia | 446 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Cooch Behar - II | 481 | 48% | 0 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Damodarpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 69.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Damodarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Damodarpur
- LGD code
- 340816
- Pincode
- 721135
- Post office
- Kultikri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 412
- Population (projected 2026)
- 486
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1060
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.55658°N, 87.86182°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nayagram
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amiya Kisku
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lilu Kumar Murmu
- Block / Mandal
- Nayagram
Getting there
How to reach Damodarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata226 kmcapital
- Delhi1151 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
- Chennai1504 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajgram1 km
- Bus stopNetaji More18 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Rajgram1 km
- ATM / bankCentral Cooperative Bank Jangipur22 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College18 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Damodarpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bhadrakāli TempleTemple3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721135
- Bachhur KhoyarNayagram mandal2,765 pop
- Kalma PukhuriaNayagram mandal2,724 pop
- NayagramNayagram mandal2,300 pop
- Kharika MathaniNayagram mandal2,002 pop
- Kamala PurNayagram mandal1,924 pop
- TuphriaNayagram mandal1,523 pop
- Gohal DihaNayagram mandal1,398 pop
- RamkrishnapurNayagram mandal1,379 pop
- Kurchi BaniNayagram mandal1,323 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Damodarpur
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- DamodarpurBhagwanpur · Begusarai, Bihar5,189 pop
- DamodarpurBibhutpur · Samastipur, Bihar4,570 pop
- DamodarpurDhanbad-Cum-Kenduadih-Cum-Jagata · Dhanbad, Jharkhand4,030 pop
- DamodarpurLakhisarai · Lakhisarai, Bihar3,409 pop
- DamodarpurUluberia - I · Howrah, West Bengal3,281 pop
- DamodarpurGoghat - I · Hooghly, West Bengal3,154 pop
- DamodarpurRaja Pakar · Vaishali, Bihar3,103 pop
- DamodarpurChandipur · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal2,537 pop
Other villages in Nayagram mandal
View all 60+ →- Khasjangal
- Bachhur Khoyar
- Kalma Pukhuria
- Dol Gram
- Nayagram
- Kharika Mathani
- Kamala Pur
- Dhumsai
- Tuphria
- Dhoba Gobindapur
- Gohal Diha
- Ramkrishnapur
- Kurchi Bani
- Bara Ningui
- Ghora Taria
- Garkhelar
- Baradhan Sola
- Shital Pura
- Jugisol
- Nimai Nagar
- Kul Diha
- Nara Singha Pur
- Nagri Pada
- Bhalia Ghati
- Chandal Bandh(Chamar Bandh)
- Pukhuria
- Chhota Jharia
- Dahi
- Malam
- Dumuria
- Chandabila
- Mara Pada
- Kadam Diha
- Biswa Nath Pur
- Bara Sol
- Deulbar
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)