About Daraba Village

Daraba is one of the larger villages in Surankote tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,426, made up of 3,175 males and 2,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 709 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1619 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daraba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daraba village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Surankote
Pincode	185121
Area (hectares)	1619 hectares
Population	5,426
Male Population	3,175
Female Population	2,251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	709
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daraba compares

By the 2011 count Daraba is the 6th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents. Its 1619 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 908.

Getting to Daraba

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

Daraba lies about 27 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 61 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 Daraba
Nearest town	Rajaori	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Surankote	27 km
District headquarters	Punch	27 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	61 km

Villages closest to Daraba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daraba village had a population of 5,426. That makes it the 6th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents.

Daraba village has 3,175 males and 2,251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daraba has about 709 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Daraba is 185121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daraba covers 1619 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daraba falls under Surankote tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Daraba is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 61 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 Daraba.

Daraba is about 27 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daraba is in Surankote tehsil of Punch district. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Surankote is about 27 km away. Punch is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.