About Darrighat Village

Darrighat is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,952, made up of 1,016 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darrighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darrighat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	264.55 hectares
Population	1,952
Male Population	1,016
Female Population	936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Darrighat compares

By the 2011 count Darrighat is the 46th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 264.55 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Darrighat

Darrighat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darrighat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darrighat from other places

Darrighat lies about 10 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Gatora, about 3.4 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 Darrighat
Nearest railway station	Gatora	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	5.4 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	10 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	10 km

Villages closest to Darrighat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darrighat village had a population of 1,952. That makes it the 46th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Darrighat village has 1,016 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darrighat has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Darrighat is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darrighat covers 264.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Darrighat falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Darrighat is Gatora, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Darrighat.

Darrighat is about 10 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darrighat is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Gatora is about 3.4 km away. Masturi is about 5.4 km away. Bilaspur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.