About Damkal Village

Damkal is one of the larger villages in Mathurapur II tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,936, made up of 3,099 males and 2,837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 778.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damkal village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Mathurapur II
Pincode	743383
Area (hectares)	778.2 hectares
Population	5,936
Male Population	3,099
Female Population	2,837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damkal compares

By the 2011 count Damkal is the 13th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 8,179 residents. Its 778.2 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Damkal

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

How far is Damkal from other places

Damkal lies about 29 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Madhabnagar, about 26 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 Damkal
Nearest railway station	Madhabnagar	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mathurapur II	29 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	29 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	30 km

Villages closest to Damkal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mathurapur II 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 Damkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Damkal village had a population of 5,936. That makes it the 13th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 8,179 residents.

Damkal village has 3,099 males and 2,837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damkal has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Damkal is 743383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damkal covers 778.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damkal falls under Mathurapur II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Damkal is Madhabnagar, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Damkal.

Damkal is about 29 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damkal is in Mathurapur II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabnagar is about 26 km away. Mathurapur II is about 29 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.