About Damki Village

Damki is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 85 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	38.86 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	85
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Damki compares

By the 2011 count Damki is the 123rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 38.86 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Damki

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

Damki lies about 18 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, 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 Damki
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	11 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	18 km

Villages closest to Damki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damki village had a population of 165. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Damki village has 85 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damki has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Damki is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damki covers 38.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damki falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Damki is Taljhari, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Damki.

Damki is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damki is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Borio is about 11 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.