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About Damdama Village

Damdama is a mid sized village in Bahadurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 380 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdama village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Bahadurganj
Pincode 855107
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 776
Male Population 380
Female Population 396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damdama compares

By the 2011 count Damdama is the 67th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Damdama

Damdama is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Damdama 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damdama from other places

Damdama lies about 14 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Panjipara, about 12 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 Damdama
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurganj 12 km
Nearest town Bahādurganj 12 km
Nearest railway station Panjipara 12 km
District headquarters Kishanganj 14 km

Villages closest to Damdama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdama village had a population of 776. That makes it the 67th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents.

Damdama village has 380 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdama has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Damdama is 855107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdama covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damdama falls under Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damdama is Panjipara, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Damdama.

Damdama is about 14 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdama is in Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bahadurganj is about 12 km away. Bahādurganj is about 12 km away. Panjipara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murmala (under 2 km), Belbari (under 2 km) and Deshiatoli (2.5 km).

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

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