About Damur Village

Damur is a small village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 141 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	141
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Damur compares

By the 2011 count Damur is the 113th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 16 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 1007.

Getting to Damur

Damur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Damur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damur from other places

Damur lies about 55 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 15 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 Damur
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	15 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	37 km
District headquarters	Giridih	55 km

Villages closest to Damur

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 Damur

As per the Census of India 2011, Damur village had a population of 265. That makes it the 113th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Damur village has 141 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Damur is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damur covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damur falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damur is Dhanwar, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Damur.

Damur is about 55 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damur is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 12 km away. Dhanwar is about 15 km away. Kodarma is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.