About Damodar Village

Damodar is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 384 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	797
Male Population	384
Female Population	413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damodar compares

By the 2011 count Damodar is the 39th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Damodar

Damodar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damodar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damodar from other places

Damodar lies about 26 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Biratoli, about 2.5 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 Damodar
Nearest railway station	Biratoli	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	6.1 km
District headquarters	Latehar	26 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	26 km

Villages closest to Damodar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodar village had a population of 797. That makes it the 39th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Damodar village has 384 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodar has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Damodar is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodar covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damodar falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damodar is Biratoli, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Damodar.

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

Damodar is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Biratoli is about 2.5 km away. Chandwa is about 6.1 km away. Latehar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.