About Damdama Village

Damdama is a mid sized village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,552, made up of 831 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damdama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damdama village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733201
Area (hectares)	170.62 hectares
Population	1,552
Male Population	831
Female Population	721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damdama compares

By the 2011 count Damdama is the 88th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 170.62 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Damdama

Damdama is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damdama as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Damdama from other places

Damdama lies about under 2 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 11 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 Damdama
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	12 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	21 km

Villages closest to Damdama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damdama village had a population of 1,552. That makes it the 88th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Damdama village has 831 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damdama has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Damdama is 733201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damdama covers 170.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damdama falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Damdama is Surja Kama, about 11 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 village for Damdama.

Damdama is about under 2 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damdama is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about under 2 km away. Surja Kama is about 11 km away. Karandighi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.