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About Damakheda Village

Damakheda is a large village in Simga tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,099, made up of 1,542 males and 1,557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damakheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damakheda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Simga
Pincode 493101
Area (hectares) 582.96 hectares
Population 3,099
Male Population 1,542
Female Population 1,557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damakheda compares

By the 2011 count Damakheda is the 7th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 582.96 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Damakheda

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

Damakheda lies about 53 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, 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 Damakheda
Tehsil headquarters Simga 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 11 km
Nearest town Tilda Newra 17 km
District headquarters Raipur 53 km

Villages closest to Damakheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damakheda village had a population of 3,099. That makes it the 7th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Damakheda village has 1,542 males and 1,557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damakheda has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Damakheda is 493101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damakheda covers 582.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damakheda falls under Simga tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Damakheda is Hathbandh, 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Damakheda.

Damakheda is about 53 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damakheda is in Simga tehsil of Raipur district. Simga is about 9.9 km away. Hathbandh is about 11 km away. Tilda Newra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobani (under 2 km), Kirwai (under 2 km) and Chanderi (2.3 km).

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

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