About Damta Village

Damta is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 141 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	134.8 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	141
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damta compares

By the 2011 count Damta is the 59th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 134.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Damta

Damta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damta as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damta from other places

Damta lies about 36 km from Dehradun. 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 Damta
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	20 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	22 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Damta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damta village had a population of 256. That makes it the 59th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Damta village has 141 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damta has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Damta is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damta covers 134.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Damta falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Damta notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Damta.

Damta is about 36 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damta is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 20 km away. Mussoorie is about 22 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.