About Damakunda Village

Damakunda is a mid sized village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 732, made up of 377 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damakunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damakunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	732
Male Population	377
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damakunda compares

By the 2011 count Damakunda is the 18th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Damakunda

Damakunda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Damakunda as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Damakunda from other places

Damakunda lies about 29 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Sankarpur, about 23 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 Damakunda
Nearest railway station	Sankarpur	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	29 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	29 km

Villages closest to Damakunda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Damakunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Damakunda village had a population of 732. That makes it the 18th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Damakunda village has 377 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damakunda has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Damakunda is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damakunda covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damakunda falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damakunda is Sankarpur, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Damakunda.

Damakunda is about 29 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damakunda is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Sankarpur is about 23 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 29 km away. Deoghar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.