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About Damdama Village

Damdama is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,446, made up of 747 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 950 hectares hectares.

Damdama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdama village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 950 hectares
Population 1,446
Male Population 747
Female Population 699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
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 Damdama compares

By the 2011 count Damdama is the 30th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 950 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Damdama

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

Damdama lies about 27 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 16 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
Nearest railway station Rahatwas 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 22 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 27 km

Villages closest to Damdama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdama village had a population of 1,446. That makes it the 30th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Damdama village has 747 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdama has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Damdama covers 950 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damdama falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damdama is Rahatwas, about 16 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 Damdama.

Damdama is about 27 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdama is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 16 km away. Mungaoli is about 22 km away. Ashoknagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patan (1.8 km), Tetore (3.1 km) and Jaroli Buzarg (3.5 km).

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

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