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About Damodarpur Village

Damodarpur is a large village in Areraj tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,260, made up of 1,380 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 638 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodarpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Areraj
Pincode 845425
Area (hectares) 293 hectares
Population 2,260
Male Population 1,380
Female Population 880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 638
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damodarpur compares

By the 2011 count Damodarpur is the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,380 residents. Its 293 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Damodarpur

Damodarpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Damodarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Damodarpur from other places

Damodarpur lies about 25 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Manjhagarh, about 17 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
Tehsil headquarters Areraj 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Manjhagarh 17 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 25 km

Villages closest to Damodarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Areraj 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 2,260. That makes it the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,380 residents.

Damodarpur village has 1,380 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodarpur has about 638 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Damodarpur is 845425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodarpur covers 293 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damodarpur falls under Areraj tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damodarpur is Manjhagarh, about 17 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 <5 km distance for Damodarpur.

Damodarpur is about 25 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodarpur is in Areraj tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Areraj is about 9.1 km away. Manjhagarh is about 17 km away. Purba Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamaluwa (under 2 km), Kauwaha (under 2 km) and Rampur Chhapkahiya (1.7 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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