About Darkahaul Village

Darkahaul is a small village in Baldwara tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 142 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkahaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkahaul village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Baldwara
Pincode	175033
Area (hectares)	51.09 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	142
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkahaul compares

By the 2011 count Darkahaul is the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 329 residents. Its 51.09 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 1051.

Getting to Darkahaul

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

Darkahaul lies about 25 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 36 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 Darkahaul
Tehsil headquarters	Baldwara	1.7 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	14 km
District headquarters	Mandi	25 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	36 km

Villages closest to Darkahaul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkahaul village had a population of 288. That makes it the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 329 residents.

Darkahaul village has 142 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkahaul has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1051.

The pincode recorded for Darkahaul is 175033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkahaul covers 51.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darkahaul falls under Baldwara tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darkahaul is Olinda, about 36 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 Darkahaul.

Darkahaul is about 25 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkahaul is in Baldwara tehsil of Mandi district. Baldwara is about 1.7 km away. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Mandi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.