About Darwa Village

Darwa is a small village in Krishangarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 195 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darwa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Krishangarh
Pincode	173206
Area (hectares)	151 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	195
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darwa compares

By the 2011 count Darwa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 118 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1045.

Getting to Darwa

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

Darwa lies about 39 km from Solan, 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 Darwa
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	19 km
Nearest town	Shimla	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Krishangarh	30 km
District headquarters	Solan	39 km

Villages closest to Darwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darwa village had a population of 368. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 118 residents.

Darwa village has 195 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darwa has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Darwa is 173206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darwa covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darwa falls under Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darwa 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Darwa.

Darwa is about 39 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darwa is in Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district. Jutogh is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 21 km away. Krishangarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.