About Damkasa Village

Damkasa is a small village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 220 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damkasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damkasa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	494635
Area (hectares)	543.68 hectares
Population	451
Male Population	220
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damkasa compares

By the 2011 count Damkasa is the 84th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 543.68 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Damkasa

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

Damkasa lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Damkasa
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	7.2 km
Nearest town	Balod	24 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	32 km

Villages closest to Damkasa

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

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Common questions about Damkasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Damkasa village had a population of 451. That makes it the 84th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Damkasa village has 220 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damkasa has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Damkasa is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damkasa covers 543.68 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.

Damkasa falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Damkasa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Damkasa.

Damkasa is about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damkasa is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 7.2 km away. Balod is about 24 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.