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About Daragaon Village

Daragaon is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 185 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 85.81 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 185
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Daragaon compares

By the 2011 count Daragaon is the 141st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 85.81 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

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 km distance. 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 Daragaon from other places

Daragaon lies about 22 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 3.8 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 Jatkanhar 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 10 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 22 km

Villages closest to Daragaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 377. That makes it the 141st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Daragaon village has 185 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daragaon has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Daragaon is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daragaon covers 85.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daragaon falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Daragaon is Jatkanhar, about 3.8 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 <5 km distance for Daragaon.

Daragaon is about 22 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daragaon is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 3.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 10 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolendra (1.6 km), Moditarai (2.1 km) and Palandur (2.3 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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