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About Damudi Village

Damudi is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 304 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damudi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 832107
Area (hectares) 315.19 hectares
Population 571
Male Population 304
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
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 Damudi compares

By the 2011 count Damudi is the 117th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 315.19 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Damudi

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

Damudi lies about 106 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 10 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 Damudi
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Potka 33 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 106 km

Villages closest to Damudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damudi village had a population of 571. That makes it the 117th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Damudi village has 304 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damudi has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Damudi is 832107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damudi covers 315.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damudi falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damudi is Chakradharpur, about 10 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 Damudi.

Damudi is about 106 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damudi is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 10 km away. Potka is about 33 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 106 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anandpur (3.6 km), Madansai (8.7 km) and Makundasai (8.7 km).

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

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