About Damka Village

Damka is one of the larger villages in Chorasi tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,604, made up of 3,118 males and 2,486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1050.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damka village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surat
Tehsil	Chorasi
Pincode	394510
Area (hectares)	1050.9 hectares
Population	5,604
Male Population	3,118
Female Population	2,486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damka compares

By the 2011 count Damka is the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,330 residents. Its 1050.9 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Damka

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

Damka lies about 17 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Bhesan, 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 Damka
Nearest railway station	Bhesan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chorasi	17 km
District headquarters	Surat	17 km

Villages closest to Damka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damka village had a population of 5,604. That makes it the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,330 residents.

Damka village has 3,118 males and 2,486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damka has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

The pincode recorded for Damka is 394510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damka covers 1050.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damka falls under Chorasi tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Damka is Bhesan, 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Damka.

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

Damka is in Chorasi tehsil of Surat district. Bhesan is about 11 km away. Chorasi is about 17 km away. Surat is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.