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About Damocem Village

Damocem is a mid sized village in Satari tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 285 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damocem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damocem village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Satari
Pincode 403506
Area (hectares) 236.86 hectares
Population 596
Male Population 285
Female Population 311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damocem compares

By the 2011 count Damocem is the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 236.86 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Damocem

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

Damocem lies about 17 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Kulem, about 21 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 Damocem
Nearest town Ponda 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Satari 17 km
District headquarters North Goa 17 km
Nearest railway station Kulem 21 km

Villages closest to Damocem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damocem village had a population of 596. That makes it the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Damocem village has 285 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damocem has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Damocem is 403506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damocem covers 236.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damocem falls under Satari tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Damocem is Kulem, about 21 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Damocem.

Damocem is about 17 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damocem is in Satari tehsil of North Goa district. Ponda is about 15 km away. Satari is about 17 km away. North Goa 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 Birondem (under 2 km), Cotorem (under 2 km) and Padeli (1.6 km).

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

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