About Damaur Village

Damaur is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 109 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	171213
Area (hectares)	175.25 hectares
Population	227
Male Population	109
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damaur compares

By the 2011 count Damaur is the 68th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 175.25 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1004.

Getting to Damaur

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

Damaur lies about 31 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 Damaur
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	31 km

Villages closest to Damaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaur village had a population of 227. That makes it the 68th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Damaur village has 109 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaur has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Damaur is 171213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damaur covers 175.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damaur falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Damaur 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 village for Damaur.

Damaur is about 31 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damaur is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.