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- LGD code
- 399377
- Pincode
- 754022
- Post office
- Kotasahi
- Population
- 1,239
- Households
- 245
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 411
Census 2011 · in context
How Damaka compares
By population, Damaka ranks #25 of 128 villages in Tangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.9%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Damaka
- 75.9%
- Tangi mandal
- 71.1%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−8 vs mandal average
- Damaka
- 942
- Tangi mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Damaka
- 5.1
- Tangi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damaka at a glance
Damaka is a village of 1,239 people in 245 households (Census 2011) in Tangi block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 25th-largest of 128 villages in Tangi block. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754022, served by Kotasahi post office; the LGD village code is 399377. The village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 1,461 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Damaka
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHOUDWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Uchapada
- Total area (ha)
- 144
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 97.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.65
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Damaka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Damaka
- LGD code
- 399377
- Pincode
- 754022
- Post office
- Kotasahi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,239
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,461
- Households
- 245
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Block / Mandal
- Tangi
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)