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About Damai Village

Damai is a small village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 56 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Berla
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 142.23 hectares
Population 114
Male Population 56
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damai compares

By the 2011 count Damai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 142.23 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Damai

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

Damai lies about 56 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 30 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 Damai
Nearest town Bemetāra 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Berla 14 km
Nearest railway station Tilda-Neora 30 km
District headquarters Durg 56 km

Villages closest to Damai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damai village had a population of 114. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Damai village has 56 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damai has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Damai is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damai covers 142.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damai falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Damai is Tilda-Neora, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Damai.

Damai is about 56 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damai is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Bemetāra is about 8.1 km away. Berla is about 14 km away. Tilda-Neora 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 Sandi (4.4 km), Bawanlakh (4.4 km) and Takam (6.0 km).

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

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