About Darwakot Village

Darwakot is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 11 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darwakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darwakot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	20.83 hectares
Population	21
Male Population	11
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darwakot compares

By the 2011 count Darwakot is the 181st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 20.83 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Darwakot

Darwakot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darwakot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Darwakot from other places

Darwakot lies about 21 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 19 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 Darwakot
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	19 km
District headquarters	Shimla	21 km

Villages closest to Darwakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darwakot village had a population of 21. That makes it the 181st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Darwakot village has 11 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darwakot has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Darwakot is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darwakot covers 20.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darwakot falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darwakot is Jutogh, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darwakot.

Darwakot is about 21 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darwakot is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 8.6 km away. Jutogh is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.