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About Damaro Village

Damaro is a mid sized village in Nawa Bazar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,492, made up of 795 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damaro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Tehsil Nawa Bazar
Pincode 822124
Area (hectares) 439.57 hectares
Population 1,492
Male Population 795
Female Population 697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damaro compares

By the 2011 count Damaro is the 12th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,088 residents. Its 439.57 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Damaro

Damaro is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damaro as Available within village. 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 Damaro from other places

Damaro lies about 26 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Chichaki, about 6.1 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 Damaro
Nearest railway station Chichaki 6.1 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawa Bazar 26 km
District headquarters Palamu 26 km

Villages closest to Damaro

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawa Bazar 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 Damaro

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaro village had a population of 1,492. That makes it the 12th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,088 residents.

Damaro village has 795 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaro has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Damaro is 822124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damaro covers 439.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damaro falls under Nawa Bazar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damaro is Chichaki, about 6.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Damaro.

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

Damaro is in Nawa Bazar tehsil of Palamu district. Chichaki is about 6.1 km away. Barki Saria is about 13 km away. Nawa Bazar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arapur (1.7 km), Malhatoli (6.8 km) and Checharia (18 km).

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

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