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About Damdi Village

Damdi is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 901, made up of 445 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dumaria
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 731.39 hectares
Population 901
Male Population 445
Female Population 456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Damdi compares

By the 2011 count Damdi is the 18th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 731.39 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Damdi

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

Damdi lies about 104 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 8.2 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 Damdi
Nearest railway station Sonua 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 12 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 19 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 104 km

Villages closest to Damdi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdi village had a population of 901. That makes it the 18th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Damdi village has 445 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdi has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Damdi is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdi covers 731.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damdi falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damdi is Sonua, about 8.2 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 Damdi.

Damdi is about 104 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdi is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 8.2 km away. Dumaria is about 12 km away. Chakradharpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsa (7.5 km), Rangamatiya (9.2 km) and Sat Puri (12 km).

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

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