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About Damha Village

Damha is a mid sized village in Nagod tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 533 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.77 hectares hectares.

Damha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Nagod
Area (hectares) 378.77 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 533
Female Population 467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damha compares

By the 2011 count Damha is the 61st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 378.77 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Damha

Damha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Damha as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damha from other places

Damha lies about 15 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Satna Junction, 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 Damha
Tehsil headquarters Nagod 9.2 km
Nearest town Nāgod 9.2 km
District headquarters Satna 15 km
Nearest railway station Satna Junction 16 km

Villages closest to Damha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damha village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 61st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Damha village has 533 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damha has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Damha covers 378.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damha falls under Nagod tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damha is Satna Junction, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Damha.

Damha is about 15 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damha is in Nagod tehsil of Satna district. Nagod is about 9.2 km away. Nāgod is about 9.2 km away. Satna is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolar (under 2 km), Padariya (under 2 km) and Madhi Khurd (1.7 km).

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

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