About Darb Village

Darb is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 189 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darb village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	176502
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	391
Male Population	189
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darb compares

By the 2011 count Darb is the 31st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Darb

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

Darb lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 7.4 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 Darb
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	7.4 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	34 km
District headquarters	Kangra	34 km

Villages closest to Darb

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

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Common questions about Darb

As per the Census of India 2011, Darb village had a population of 391. That makes it the 31st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Darb village has 189 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darb has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Darb is 176502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darb covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darb falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darb is Kartoli Punjab, about 7.4 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Darb.

Darb is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darb is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Kartoli Punjab is about 7.4 km away. Talwāra is about 8.3 km away. Jaswan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.