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About Hamdampur Village

Hamdampur is a mid sized village in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 298 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hamdampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hamdampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Murshidabad Jiaganj
Pincode 742149
Area (hectares) 34.67 hectares
Population 603
Male Population 298
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Hamdampur compares

By the 2011 count Hamdampur is the 87th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 34.67 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Hamdampur

Hamdampur 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 Hamdampur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Hamdampur from other places

Hamdampur lies about 32 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 8.6 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 Hamdampur
Nearest railway station Lohapur 8.6 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Murshidabad Jiaganj 32 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 32 km

Villages closest to Hamdampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murshidabad Jiaganj 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 Hamdampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hamdampur village had a population of 603. That makes it the 87th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Hamdampur village has 298 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hamdampur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Hamdampur is 742149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hamdampur covers 34.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Hamdampur falls under Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Hamdampur is Lohapur, about 8.6 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 village for Hamdampur.

Hamdampur is about 32 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hamdampur is in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about 8.6 km away. Nalhāti is about 15 km away. Murshidabad Jiaganj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanpur (under 2 km), Kamalpur (3.5 km) and Haidarpur (3.6 km).

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

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