About Damdama Village

Damdama is a large village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,544, made up of 1,268 males and 1,276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdama village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816106
Area (hectares)	220.22 hectares
Population	2,544
Male Population	1,268
Female Population	1,276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damdama compares

By the 2011 count Damdama is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 220.22 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Damdama

Damdama is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damdama as Available within 5 - 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 Damdama from other places

Damdama lies about 24 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 7.5 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 Damdama
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Murarai	7.5 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	16 km
District headquarters	Pakur	24 km

Villages closest to Damdama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdama village had a population of 2,544. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Damdama village has 1,268 males and 1,276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdama has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Damdama is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdama covers 220.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damdama falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damdama is Murarai, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Damdama.

Damdama is about 24 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdama is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 5.5 km away. Murarai is about 7.5 km away. Nalhāti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.