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About Damaipur Village

Damaipur is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,684, made up of 890 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.35 hectares hectares.

Damaipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaipur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Area (hectares) 278.35 hectares
Population 1,684
Male Population 890
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
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 Damaipur compares

By the 2011 count Damaipur is the 64th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 278.35 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Damaipur

Damaipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damaipur 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 Damaipur from other places

Damaipur lies about 29 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Khurial, about 2.4 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 Damaipur
Nearest railway station Khurial 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Azamnagar 6.8 km
Nearest town Manihāri 28 km
District headquarters Katihar 29 km

Villages closest to Damaipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaipur village had a population of 1,684. That makes it the 64th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Damaipur village has 890 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaipur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Damaipur covers 278.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damaipur falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damaipur is Khurial, about 2.4 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 Damaipur.

Damaipur is about 29 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damaipur is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Khurial is about 2.4 km away. Azamnagar is about 6.8 km away. Manihāri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pariharpur (under 2 km), Panka (under 2 km) and Pasol (1.8 km).

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

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