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About Damodra Village

Damodra is a mid sized village in Guthani tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,627, made up of 835 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares.

Damodra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Guthani
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 1,627
Male Population 835
Female Population 792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damodra compares

By the 2011 count Damodra is the 20th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Damodra

Damodra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damodra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Damodra from other places

Damodra lies about 30 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bankata, 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 Damodra
Nearest town Lar 10 km
Nearest railway station Bankata 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Guthani 30 km
District headquarters Siwan 30 km

Villages closest to Damodra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodra village had a population of 1,627. That makes it the 20th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Damodra village has 835 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodra has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Damodra covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damodra falls under Guthani tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Damodra is Bankata, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Damodra.

Damodra is about 30 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodra is in Guthani tehsil of Siwan district. Lar is about 10 km away. Bankata is about 11 km away. Guthani is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaleyani (under 2 km), Tanrwa Tiwari (under 2 km) and Selaur (under 2 km).

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

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