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About Dargahan Village

Dargahan is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 293 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dargahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dargahan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 191.66 hectares
Population 567
Male Population 293
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dargahan compares

By the 2011 count Dargahan is the 86th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 191.66 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Dargahan

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

Dargahan lies about 61 km from Durg. 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 Dargahan
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 2.8 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 14 km
District headquarters Durg 61 km

Villages closest to Dargahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dargahan village had a population of 567. That makes it the 86th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Dargahan village has 293 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dargahan has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Dargahan is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dargahan covers 191.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dargahan falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Dargahan 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 km distance for Dargahan.

Dargahan is about 61 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dargahan is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 2.8 km away. Dhamtari is about 14 km away. Durg is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dokla (under 2 km), Bohardih (1.7 km) and Dani Tola (1.9 km).

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

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