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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Damodarpur is a village in Topchanchi mandal, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 599 across 104 households with a literacy rate of 60.8%. The village is located at coordinates 24.557°N, 87.862°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PURNIMA DEVI
Contact: 72****6300
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- LGD code
- 361344
- Pincode
- 828402
- Post office
- Topchanchi
- Population
- 599
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 252
- Distance to district centre
- 124 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 143 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 292 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 226 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajgram · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Rajgram · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Damodarpur compares
By population, Damodarpur ranks #60 of 114 villages in Topchanchi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Damodarpur
- 60.8%
- Topchanchi mandal
- 60.2%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+73 vs mandal average
- Damodarpur
- 997
- Topchanchi mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Damodarpur
- 5.8
- Topchanchi mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damodarpur at a glance
Damodarpur is a village of 599 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Topchanchi block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 60th-largest of 114 villages in Topchanchi block. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 124 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 4 km from Bahutali, the nearest town, 1 km from Rajgram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828402, served by Topchanchi post office; the LGD village code is 361344. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Rajgram, 1 km away. The sarpanch is PURNIMA DEVI, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 706 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ramakunda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damodarpur · this village | 599 | 61% | — |
| Damodarpur · Contai - I | 426 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Vishnupur | 1,612 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Debra | 339 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Debra | 126 | 90% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Hat Gamharia | 446 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Damodarpur · Cooch Behar - II | 481 | 48% | 0 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Damodarpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAMA KUNDA
- Total area (ha)
- 113
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.33
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Damodarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Damodarpur
- LGD code
- 361344
- Pincode
- 828402
- Post office
- Topchanchi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 599
- Population (projected 2026)
- 706
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.55658°N, 87.86182°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PURNIMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Topchanchi
Getting there
How to reach Damodarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi292 kmcapital
- Kolkata226 km
- Delhi1151 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajgram1 km
- Bus stopNetaji More18 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Rajgram1 km
- ATM / bankCentral Cooperative Bank Jangipur22 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College18 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Damodarpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bhadrakāli TempleTemple3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 828402
- KharioTopchanchi mandal5,465 pop
- Rama KundaTopchanchi mandal4,297 pop
- ChitarpurTopchanchi mandal4,187 pop
- SingdahaTopchanchi mandal3,737 pop
- Bhuiya ChitroTopchanchi mandal3,295 pop
- Dumdumi Alias NarkopiTopchanchi mandal3,265 pop
- Sri RampurTopchanchi mandal3,191 pop
- ChaitaTopchanchi mandal3,109 pop
- MatariTopchanchi mandal3,103 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Damodarpur
Looking for a different Damodarpur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Damodarpur →
- DamodarpurBhagwanpur · Begusarai, Bihar5,189 pop
- DamodarpurBibhutpur · Samastipur, Bihar4,570 pop
- DamodarpurDhanbad-Cum-Kenduadih-Cum-Jagata · Dhanbad, Jharkhand4,030 pop
- DamodarpurLakhisarai · Lakhisarai, Bihar3,409 pop
- DamodarpurUluberia - I · Howrah, West Bengal3,281 pop
- DamodarpurGoghat - I · Hooghly, West Bengal3,154 pop
- DamodarpurRaja Pakar · Vaishali, Bihar3,103 pop
- DamodarpurChandipur · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal2,537 pop
Other villages in Topchanchi mandal
View all 60+ →- Khario
- Rama Kunda
- Chitarpur
- Singdaha
- Bhuiya Chitro
- Dumdumi Alias Narkopi
- Sri Rampur
- Chaita
- Matari
- Lokbad
- Madaidih
- Dhangi
- Tantri
- Gendanawadih
- Pradhan Khuta
- Ledatand
- Pawapur
- Korkota
- Naro
- Kamta
- Mohanpur
- Kherabera
- Brahmandiha
- Kandedih
- Pakarbera
- Belmi
- Fatehpur Alias Khantdih
- Dayabanspahar
- Chaurapatti
- Khurdih
- Bhaghmara
- Ledwadih
- Sidhabad
- Lachhmipur
- Asnasinagha
- Chirudih
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)