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About Damnichuan Village

Damnichuan is a small village in Turekela tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 201 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damnichuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damnichuan village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Turekela
Pincode 767038
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 201
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damnichuan compares

By the 2011 count Damnichuan is the 37th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Damnichuan

Damnichuan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damnichuan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Damnichuan from other places

Damnichuan lies about 82 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Turekala Road, about 9.9 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 Damnichuan
Tehsil headquarters Turekela 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Turekala Road 9.9 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 21 km
District headquarters Balangir 82 km

Villages closest to Damnichuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damnichuan village had a population of 406. That makes it the 37th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Damnichuan village has 201 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damnichuan has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Damnichuan is 767038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damnichuan covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damnichuan falls under Turekela tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Damnichuan is Turekala Road, about 9.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Damnichuan.

Damnichuan is about 82 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damnichuan is in Turekela tehsil of Balangir district. Turekela is about 7.7 km away. Turekala Road is about 9.9 km away. Kantābānji is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholmandal (2.1 km), Gabhara (2.5 km) and Gurlaudar (3.6 km).

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

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