About Damodardih Village

Damodardih is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 536 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodardih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	64.04 hectares
Population	986
Male Population	536
Female Population	450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
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 Damodardih compares

By the 2011 count Damodardih is the 44th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 64.04 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Damodardih

Damodardih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Damodardih 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 Damodardih from other places

Damodardih lies about 13 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 8.0 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 Damodardih
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	8.0 km
District headquarters	Giridih	13 km

Villages closest to Damodardih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodardih village had a population of 986. That makes it the 44th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Damodardih village has 536 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodardih has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Damodardih is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodardih covers 64.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damodardih falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damodardih is Maheshmunda Junction, about 8.0 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 Damodardih.

Damodardih is about 13 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodardih is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about under 2 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 8.0 km away. Giridih is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.