About Damal Village

Damal is a mid sized village in Marigaon tehsil, in the district of Morigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 748 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damal village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Morigaon
Tehsil	Marigaon
Pincode	782105
Area (hectares)	266.58 hectares
Population	1,509
Male Population	748
Female Population	761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damal compares

By the 2011 count Damal is the 37th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 266.58 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Damal

Damal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damal from other places

Damal lies about 6.1 km from Morigaon, and the nearest railway station is Sonuabari, about 3.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Damal
Nearest railway station	Sonuabari	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marigaon	6.1 km
District headquarters	Morigaon	6.1 km

Villages closest to Damal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marigaon tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Damal

As per the Census of India 2011, Damal village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 37th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Damal village has 748 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damal has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Damal is 782105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damal covers 266.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damal falls under Marigaon tehsil of Morigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Damal is Sonuabari, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Damal.

Damal is about 6.1 km from Morigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damal is in Marigaon tehsil of Morigaon district. Sonuabari is about 3.2 km away. Marigaon is about 6.1 km away. Morigaon is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.