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About Damehar Village

Damehar is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 36 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damehar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171202
Area (hectares) 26 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 36
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damehar compares

By the 2011 count Damehar is the 170th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 26 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Damehar

Damehar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damehar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Damehar from other places

Damehar lies about 36 km from Shimla. 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 Damehar
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai under 2 km
District headquarters Shimla 36 km

Villages closest to Damehar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damehar village had a population of 69. That makes it the 170th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Damehar village has 36 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damehar has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Damehar is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damehar covers 26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damehar falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Damehar.

Damehar is about 36 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damehar is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot (under 2 km), Darbar Kotkhai (under 2 km) and Majoli (under 2 km).

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

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