About Damin Village

Damin is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 50 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,340 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176200
Area (hectares)	62.14 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	50
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,340
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damin compares

By the 2011 count Damin is the 295th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 62.14 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Damin

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

Damin lies about 72 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 22 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 Damin
Nearest railway station	Kathua	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	31 km
District headquarters	Kangra	72 km

Villages closest to Damin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damin village had a population of 117. That makes it the 295th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Damin village has 50 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damin has about 1340 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Damin is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damin covers 62.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damin falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damin is Kathua, about 22 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 Damin.

Damin is about 72 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damin is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kathua is about 22 km away. Nurpur is about 31 km away. Kangra is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.