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About Damoh Village

Damoh is a large village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,357, made up of 1,622 males and 1,735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667.27 hectares hectares.

Damoh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damoh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 667.27 hectares
Population 3,357
Male Population 1,622
Female Population 1,735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,070
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damoh compares

By the 2011 count Damoh is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 667.27 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Damoh

Damoh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damoh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Damoh from other places

Damoh lies about 63 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 62 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 town Malajkhand 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 34 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 62 km
District headquarters Balaghat 63 km

Villages closest to Damoh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baihar 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 3,357. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Damoh village has 1,622 males and 1,735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damoh has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Damoh covers 667.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damoh falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damoh is Dhapewara, about 62 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 village for Damoh.

Damoh is about 63 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damoh is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Baihar is about 34 km away. Dhapewara is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singanpuri (1.9 km), Deogaon (2.6 km) and Beejatola (3.8 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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