About Damru Village

Damru is a large village in Jaipur tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,648, made up of 1,376 males and 1,272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damru village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Jaipur
Pincode	723213
Area (hectares)	465.96 hectares
Population	2,648
Male Population	1,376
Female Population	1,272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damru compares

By the 2011 count Damru is the 9th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 465.96 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Damru

Damru is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Damru as Available within 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 Damru from other places

Damru lies about 54 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 12 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 Damru
Nearest railway station	Sondimra	12 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaipur	30 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	54 km

Villages closest to Damru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damru village had a population of 2,648. That makes it the 9th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Damru village has 1,376 males and 1,272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damru has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Damru is 723213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damru covers 465.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damru falls under Jaipur tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Damru is Sondimra, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Damru.

Damru is about 54 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damru is in Jaipur tehsil of Puruliya district. Sondimra is about 12 km away. Chitarpur is about 24 km away. Jaipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.