About Damaran Village

Damaran is a small village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 135 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damaran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaran village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	657 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	135
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damaran compares

By the 2011 count Damaran is the 69th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 657 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Damaran

Damaran is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damaran as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Damaran from other places

Damaran lies about 26 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 28 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 Damaran
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	9.6 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	26 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	28 km

Villages closest to Damaran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaran village had a population of 243. That makes it the 69th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Damaran village has 135 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaran has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Damaran is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damaran covers 657 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damaran falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damaran is Garwa, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Damaran.

Damaran is about 26 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damaran is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 9.6 km away. Garhwa is about 26 km away. Garwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.