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About Damoh Village

Damoh is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 235 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares.

Damoh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damoh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 223 hectares
Population 461
Male Population 235
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damoh compares

By the 2011 count Damoh is the 59th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Damoh

Damoh is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Damoh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damoh from other places

Damoh lies about 17 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Shahdora Gaon, about 7.2 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 Damoh
Nearest railway station Shahdora Gaon 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 17 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 17 km

Villages closest to Damoh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damoh village had a population of 461. That makes it the 59th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Damoh village has 235 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damoh has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Damoh covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damoh falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damoh is Shahdora Gaon, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Damoh.

Damoh is about 17 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damoh is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Shahdora Gaon is about 7.2 km away. Shadhora is about 17 km away. Ashoknagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamalpur (under 2 km), Bijaypura (2.3 km) and Amoda (2.4 km).

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

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