About Damaili Village

Damaili is one of the larger villages in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,816, made up of 3,052 males and 2,764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1058 hectares hectares.

Damaili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaili village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dhamdaha
Area (hectares)	1058 hectares
Population	5,816
Male Population	3,052
Female Population	2,764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damaili compares

By the 2011 count Damaili is the 15th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 1058 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Damaili

Damaili is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damaili as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Damaili from other places

Damaili lies about 23 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sarsi, about 11 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 Damaili
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdaha	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsi	11 km
Nearest town	Banmankhi Bazar	14 km
District headquarters	Purnia	23 km

Villages closest to Damaili

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaili village had a population of 5,816. That makes it the 15th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Damaili village has 3,052 males and 2,764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaili has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Damaili covers 1058 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damaili falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damaili is Sarsi, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Damaili.

Damaili is about 23 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damaili is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Dhamdaha is about 6.6 km away. Sarsi is about 11 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.