About Darati Village

Darati is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 131 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176059, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darati village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176059
Area (hectares)	76.35 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	131
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darati compares

By the 2011 count Darati is the 254th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 76.35 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Darati

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

Darati lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 4.0 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 Darati
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	9.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km

Villages closest to Darati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darati village had a population of 243. That makes it the 254th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Darati village has 131 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darati has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Darati is 176059. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darati covers 76.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darati falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darati is Chamunda Marg, about 4.0 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 Darati.

Darati is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darati is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 4.0 km away. Palampur is about 9.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.