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About Damodarpur Village

Damodarpur is a large village in Sultanganj tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,508, made up of 1,339 males and 1,169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares.

Damodarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodarpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sultanganj
Area (hectares) 65 hectares
Population 2,508
Male Population 1,339
Female Population 1,169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Damodarpur compares

By the 2011 count Damodarpur is the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Damodarpur

Damodarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damodarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damodarpur from other places

Damodarpur lies about 40 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 19 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 Damodarpur
Nearest town Kharagpur 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Khariapipra Halt 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanganj 22 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 40 km

Villages closest to Damodarpur

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

Common questions about Damodarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodarpur village had a population of 2,508. That makes it the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Damodarpur village has 1,339 males and 1,169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodarpur has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Damodarpur covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damodarpur falls under Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damodarpur is Khariapipra Halt, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Damodarpur is about 40 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodarpur is in Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharagpur is about 9.5 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 19 km away. Sultanganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harpur (under 2 km), Manoharpur (under 2 km) and Khanpur (6.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Damodarpur today is likely to be higher.

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