About Damelwa Village

Damelwa is a small village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 81 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damelwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damelwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	221 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	81
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 Damelwa compares

By the 2011 count Damelwa is the 130th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1007.

Getting to Damelwa

Damelwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damelwa 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 Damelwa from other places

Damelwa lies about 63 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Damelwa
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	28 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	36 km
District headquarters	Giridih	63 km

Villages closest to Damelwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damelwa village had a population of 166. That makes it the 130th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Damelwa village has 81 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damelwa has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Damelwa is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damelwa covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damelwa falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damelwa is Dhanwar, 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 Damelwa.

Damelwa is about 63 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damelwa is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 12 km away. Dhanwar is about 28 km away. Jamūī is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.