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About Damdam Village

Damdam is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,924, made up of 953 males and 971 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1298.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdam village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra
Pincode 495119
Area (hectares) 1298.71 hectares
Population 1,924
Male Population 953
Female Population 971
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damdam compares

By the 2011 count Damdam is the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 1298.71 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Damdam

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

Damdam lies about 83 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Pendra Road, about 25 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 Damdam
Nearest town Pasān 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra 18 km
Nearest railway station Pendra Road 25 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 83 km

Villages closest to Damdam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdam village had a population of 1,924. That makes it the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Damdam village has 953 males and 971 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdam has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Damdam is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdam covers 1298.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damdam falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Damdam is Pendra Road, about 25 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 village for Damdam.

Damdam is about 83 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdam is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pasān is about 7.5 km away. Pendra is about 18 km away. Pendra Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kesla (2.5 km), Kotmi Kalan (4.0 km) and Deori Kalan (4.4 km).

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

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