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About Damaghati Village

Damaghati is a small village in Lanjigarh tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 72 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damaghati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damaghati village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Lanjigarh
Pincode 766020
Area (hectares) 84 hectares
Population 149
Male Population 72
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
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 Damaghati compares

By the 2011 count Damaghati is the 84th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 84 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 1080.

Getting to Damaghati

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

Damaghati lies about 34 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Dashapalla, about 9.7 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 Damaghati
Nearest railway station Dashapalla 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanjigarh 34 km
District headquarters Kalahandi 34 km
Nearest town Angul 52 km

Villages closest to Damaghati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damaghati village had a population of 149. That makes it the 84th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Damaghati village has 72 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damaghati has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Damaghati is 766020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damaghati covers 84 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.

Damaghati falls under Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Damaghati is Dashapalla, about 9.7 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 Damaghati.

Damaghati is about 34 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damaghati is in Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district. Dashapalla is about 9.7 km away. Lanjigarh is about 34 km away. Kalahandi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malipada (16 km), Ghodapokhari (28 km) and Barihakhola (28 km).

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

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