Damak

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Damakदमक is a town in east Nepal that is situated between the Ratua Khola (River) in the east and the Mawa Khola (River) in the west. It is in the Jhapa District which is in the Mechi Zone of the Eastern Development Region of Nepal. Damak was changed to a municipality from a VDC (Village Development Committee) in the year 1982 AD. The Damak municipality consists of 19 wards which also includes the large Himalayan Tea State, where the Royal Family has also invested. It is at an average of 100 meters above the sea level, and has Lakhanpur to its east, Urlabari, Rajghat and Madhumalla in the west and Chulachuli Ilam and Kohabari vdc in the north and the south, respectively.

General Information
Population	35000 as of 2001 census
Land Area	7513 hectares

According to the census of 2001, Damak had 7,178 households containing about 35,000 people. The total area is 7,513 hectares out of which 1406.7 hectares is covered by residential area whereas 5,586.30 hectares is used for agriculture. The market area consists of 400.00 hectares, 215 hectares as forest plant area and 265.00 hectares is used in other purposes. In 056/057 there was 1 Health post, 1 Hospital (AMDA) and 1 Nursing Home (Life Line) which contains 50 beds in total. The Population Growth Rate is 5.14 per annum as per 2047/48 census. As per 056/057 census, there were about 88 industries, 1011 shops, 244 hotels and 9 financial institutions. Black topped road were 29 km, graveled roads were 150 km and earthen road were 500 km. In addition to it, the drainage runs 3.5 km through the main highway. There are 512 street lights and 1114 telephone lines to public.

Post Office - 1
Number of Drinking Water Taps