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About Damai Village

Damai is a small village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 90 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733154
Area (hectares) 58.4 hectares
Population 178
Male Population 90
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Damai compares

By the 2011 count Damai is the 257th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 58.4 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Damai

The census records public bus service for Damai as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Dakra, Dakshin Chakalam, Dakshin Khhanpur and Dakshin Nagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Damai

As per the Census of India 2011, Damai village had a population of 178. That makes it the 257th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Damai village has 90 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damai has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Damai is 733154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damai covers 58.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damai falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Damai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Damai is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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