About Darabal Pain Village

Darabal Pain is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 239 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darabal Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darabal Pain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	40.5 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	239
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darabal Pain compares

By the 2011 count Darabal Pain is the 153rd 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 40.5 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Darabal Pain

Darabal Pain is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Darabal Pain as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Pain from other places

Darabal Pain 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 Pain
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 Pain

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 Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Darabal Pain village had a population of 475. That makes it the 153rd 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 Pain village has 239 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darabal Pain has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

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

Darabal Pain covers 40.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Darabal Pain 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 10+ km distance for Darabal Pain.

Darabal Pain 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 Pain 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.