About Darra Village

Darra is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,647, made up of 822 males and 825 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493885
Area (hectares)	443.95 hectares
Population	1,647
Male Population	822
Female Population	825
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darra compares

By the 2011 count Darra is the 45th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 443.95 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Darra

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

Darra lies about 10 km from Dhamtari. 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 Darra
District headquarters	Dhamtari	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	31 km

Villages closest to Darra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darra village had a population of 1,647. That makes it the 45th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Darra village has 822 males and 825 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darra has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Darra is 493885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darra covers 443.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darra falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Darra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darra.

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

Darra is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Dhamtari is about 10 km away. Kurud is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.