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About Damodarpur Village

Damodarpur is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 956, made up of 522 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodarpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Kargahar
Pincode 811113
Area (hectares) 195 hectares
Population 956
Male Population 522
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damodarpur compares

By the 2011 count Damodarpur is the 89th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Damodarpur

Damodarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damodarpur 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 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 24 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 2.3 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
Nearest railway station Barkisalaiya 2.3 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kargahar 24 km
District headquarters Rohtas 24 km

Villages closest to Damodarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kargahar 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 956. That makes it the 89th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Damodarpur village has 522 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodarpur has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Damodarpur is 811113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodarpur covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damodarpur falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damodarpur is Barkisalaiya, about 2.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Damodarpur.

Damodarpur is about 24 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodarpur is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Barkisalaiya is about 2.3 km away. Nabīnagar is about 10 km away. Kargahar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belari (under 2 km), Mathurapur (under 2 km) and Khairahi (2.1 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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