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About Damdama Village

Damdama is a mid sized village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 282 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdama village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode 731204
Area (hectares) 118.72 hectares
Population 570
Male Population 282
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Damdama compares

By the 2011 count Damdama is the 104th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 118.72 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Damdama

Damdama is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Damdama as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damdama from other places

Damdama lies about 25 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 7.5 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 Damdama
Nearest railway station Murarai 7.5 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Bolpur Sriniketan 25 km
District headquarters Birbhum 25 km

Villages closest to Damdama

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bolpur Sriniketan 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 Damdama

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdama village had a population of 570. That makes it the 104th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Damdama village has 282 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdama has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Damdama is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdama covers 118.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damdama falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Damdama is Murarai, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Damdama.

Damdama is about 25 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdama is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Murarai is about 7.5 km away. Nalhāti is about 16 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patharghata (5.2 km), Sundipur (5.6 km) and Debanandapur (6.3 km).

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

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