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About Damapur Village

Damapur is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 301 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Mungeli
Pincode 495334
Area (hectares) 241.11 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 301
Female Population 333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damapur compares

By the 2011 count Damapur is the 113th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 241.11 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Damapur

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

Damapur lies about 49 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 39 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 Damapur
Tehsil headquarters Mungeli 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 39 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 49 km

Villages closest to Damapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damapur village had a population of 634. That makes it the 113th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Damapur village has 301 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damapur has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Damapur is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damapur covers 241.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damapur falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Damapur is Kargi Road, about 39 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Damapur.

Damapur is about 49 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damapur is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 9.0 km away. Kargi Road is about 39 km away. Bilaspur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhata (under 2 km), Chhatan (under 2 km) and Chhatauna (under 2 km).

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

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