About Damgari Village

Damgari is a large village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,969, made up of 2,637 males and 2,332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287 hectares hectares.

Damgari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damgari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dhamdaha
Area (hectares)	287 hectares
Population	4,969
Male Population	2,637
Female Population	2,332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Damgari compares

By the 2011 count Damgari is the 20th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 287 hectares work out to about 17 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 913.

Getting to Damgari

Damgari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damgari 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 Damgari from other places

Damgari lies about 31 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Aurahi, about 4.5 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 Damgari
Nearest railway station	Aurahi	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdaha	6.1 km
Nearest town	Banmankhi Bazar	10 km
District headquarters	Purnia	31 km

Villages closest to Damgari

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 Damgari

As per the Census of India 2011, Damgari village had a population of 4,969. That makes it the 20th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Damgari village has 2,637 males and 2,332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damgari has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Damgari covers 287 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damgari falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damgari is Aurahi, about 4.5 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 Damgari.

Damgari is about 31 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damgari is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Aurahi is about 4.5 km away. Dhamdaha is about 6.1 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.