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About Damapura Village

Damapura is a small village in Sankheda tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 197 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damapura village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Sankheda
Pincode 391145
Area (hectares) 178.02 hectares
Population 370
Male Population 197
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damapura compares

By the 2011 count Damapura is the 140th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 984 residents. Its 178.02 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 933.

Getting to Damapura

Damapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damapura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damapura from other places

Damapura lies about 14 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Ajwa, about 8.5 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 Damapura
Nearest railway station Ajwa 8.5 km
District headquarters Vadodara 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankheda 27 km

Villages closest to Damapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damapura village had a population of 370. That makes it the 140th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 984 residents.

Damapura village has 197 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damapura has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Damapura is 391145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damapura covers 178.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damapura falls under Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Damapura is Ajwa, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Damapura.

Damapura is about 14 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damapura is in Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district. Ajwa is about 8.5 km away. Vadodara is about 14 km away. Sankheda is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anandpura (20 km), Nandpur (20 km) and Garol (25 km).

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

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