About Darabal Bala Village

Darabal Bala is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 150 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darabal Bala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darabal Bala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	42.1 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	150
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darabal Bala compares

By the 2011 count Darabal Bala is the 177th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 42.1 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Darabal Bala

Darabal Bala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darabal Bala as Available within 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 Darabal Bala from other places

Darabal Bala lies about 6.1 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 35 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 Darabal Bala
District headquarters	Kupwara	6.1 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	35 km

Villages closest to Darabal Bala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Darabal Bala

As per the Census of India 2011, Darabal Bala village had a population of 280. That makes it the 177th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Darabal Bala village has 150 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darabal Bala has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Darabal Bala is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darabal Bala covers 42.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Darabal Bala falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Darabal Bala is Sopur, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darabal Bala.

Darabal Bala is about 6.1 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darabal Bala is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 6.1 km away. Kopawor is about 6.1 km away. Handwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.