About Darin Village

Darin is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 130 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	93.55 hectares
Population	275
Male Population	130
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darin compares

By the 2011 count Darin is the 55th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 93.55 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Darin

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

Darin lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 8.2 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 Darin
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km

Villages closest to Darin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darin village had a population of 275. That makes it the 55th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Darin village has 130 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darin has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Darin is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darin covers 93.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darin falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darin is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 8.2 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 Darin.

Darin is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darin is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 8.2 km away. Jawalamukhi is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.