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About Daragaon Village

Daragaon is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 342 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi Luhara
Pincode 491771
Area (hectares) 203.76 hectares
Population 690
Male Population 342
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Daragaon compares

By the 2011 count Daragaon is the 116th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 203.76 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1032.

Getting to Daragaon

Daragaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Daragaon 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 Daragaon from other places

Daragaon lies about 28 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 8.4 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 Daragaon
Nearest railway station Bakal 8.4 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi Luhara 28 km
District headquarters Durg 28 km

Villages closest to Daragaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi Luhara 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.

Common questions about Daragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Daragaon village had a population of 690. That makes it the 116th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Daragaon village has 342 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daragaon has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Daragaon is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daragaon covers 203.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daragaon falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Daragaon is Bakal, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Daragaon.

Daragaon is about 28 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daragaon is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Bakal is about 8.4 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 8.7 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bundeli (2.4 km), Boirdih (8.1 km) and Shikaritola (9.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Daragaon today is likely to be higher.

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