About Damodar Village

Damodar is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,142, made up of 614 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143511
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	1,142
Male Population	614
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damodar compares

By the 2011 count Damodar is the 153rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Damodar

Damodar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damodar as Available within 5 - 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 Damodar from other places

Damodar lies about 33 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Junction, about 10 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 Damodar
Nearest railway station	Batala Junction	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	12 km
Nearest town	Batāla	12 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	33 km

Villages closest to Damodar

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

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Common questions about Damodar

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodar village had a population of 1,142. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Damodar village has 614 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodar has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Damodar is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodar covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damodar falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Damodar is Batala Junction, about 10 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Damodar.

Damodar is about 33 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodar is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Junction is about 10 km away. Batala is about 12 km away. Batāla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.