About Daran Village

Daran is a small village in Chachyot tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 189 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daran village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Chachyot
Pincode	175124
Area (hectares)	96.58 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	189
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daran compares

By the 2011 count Daran is the 63rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 96.58 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Daran

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

Daran lies about 16 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 47 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 Daran
Tehsil headquarters	Chachyot	11 km
District headquarters	Mandi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	47 km

Villages closest to Daran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daran village had a population of 368. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Daran village has 189 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daran has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Daran is 175124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daran covers 96.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daran falls under Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daran is Buffer Stop, about 47 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 Daran.

Daran is about 16 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daran is in Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district. Chachyot is about 11 km away. Mandi is about 16 km away. Buffer Stop is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.