About Damodarpur Village

Damodarpur is a mid sized village in Farakka tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,360, made up of 666 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damodarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damodarpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Farakka
Pincode	742202
Area (hectares)	33.5 hectares
Population	1,360
Male Population	666
Female Population	694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damodarpur compares

By the 2011 count Damodarpur is the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,051 residents. Its 33.5 hectares work out to about 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Damodarpur

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

How far is Damodarpur from other places

Damodarpur lies about 73 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Ballalpur, about 1.9 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 Damodarpur
Nearest railway station	Ballalpur	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farakka	7.9 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	73 km

Villages closest to Damodarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damodarpur village had a population of 1,360. That makes it the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,051 residents.

Damodarpur village has 666 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damodarpur has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Damodarpur is 742202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damodarpur covers 33.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Damodarpur falls under Farakka tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Damodarpur is Ballalpur, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Damodarpur.

Damodarpur is about 73 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damodarpur is in Farakka tehsil of Murshidabad district. Ballalpur is about 1.9 km away. Farakka is about 7.9 km away. Murshidabad is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.