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About Damruhat Village

Damruhat is a mid sized village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 327 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damruhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damruhat village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814133
Area (hectares) 218 hectares
Population 640
Male Population 327
Female Population 313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
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 Damruhat compares

By the 2011 count Damruhat is the 28th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Damruhat

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

Damruhat lies about 30 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Poreyahat, about 24 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 Damruhat
Nearest railway station Poreyahat 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 25 km
District headquarters Godda 30 km

Villages closest to Damruhat

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

Common questions about Damruhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Damruhat village had a population of 640. That makes it the 28th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Damruhat village has 327 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damruhat has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Damruhat is 814133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damruhat covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damruhat falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damruhat is Poreyahat, about 24 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 Damruhat.

Damruhat is about 30 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damruhat is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Poreyahat is about 24 km away. Sundarpahari is about 25 km away. Godda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandraydih (under 2 km), Dumki (1.6 km) and Khepadih (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Damruhat today is likely to be higher.

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