About Dara Village

Dara is a small village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 229 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	412.29 hectares
Population	477
Male Population	229
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dara compares

By the 2011 count Dara is the 80th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 412.29 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Dara

Dara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Binkara, Chando, Chodeya and Chuhkandand. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dara village had a population of 477. That makes it the 80th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Dara village has 229 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dara has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Dara is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dara covers 412.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dara falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Dara 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 village for Dara.

Dara is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.