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About Darri Village

Darri is a mid sized village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 647, made up of 323 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Akaltara
Pincode 495552
Area (hectares) 220.89 hectares
Population 647
Male Population 323
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Darri compares

By the 2011 count Darri is the 61st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 220.89 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Darri

Darri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Darri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darri from other places

Darri lies about 6.6 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 12 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 Darri
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 6.6 km
Nearest town Jānjgīr 11 km
Nearest railway station Janjgir Naila 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Akaltara 19 km

Villages closest to Darri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darri village had a population of 647. That makes it the 61st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Darri village has 323 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darri has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Darri is 495552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darri covers 220.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darri falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Darri is Janjgir Naila, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Darri is about 6.6 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darri is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Champa is about 6.6 km away. Jānjgīr is about 11 km away. Janjgir Naila is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taga (8.5 km), Ghanwa (9.3 km) and Tilai (11 km).

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

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