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About Darida Village

Darida is a mid sized village in Chandankiyari tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 591 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares.

Darida Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darida village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Chandankiyari
Area (hectares) 192 hectares
Population 1,104
Male Population 591
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
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 Darida compares

By the 2011 count Darida is the 74th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 929.

Getting to Darida

Darida is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darida 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 Darida from other places

Darida lies about 19 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Matari, about 2.3 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 Darida
Nearest railway station Matari 2.3 km
Nearest town Kātrās 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandankiyari 19 km
District headquarters Bokaro 19 km

Villages closest to Darida

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

Common questions about Darida

As per the Census of India 2011, Darida village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 74th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents.

Darida village has 591 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darida has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Darida covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darida falls under Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Darida is Matari, about 2.3 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 Darida.

Darida is about 19 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darida is in Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district. Matari is about 2.3 km away. Kātrās is about 7.0 km away. Chandankiyari is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jharna (3.0 km), Kauria (11 km) and Banshtora (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Darida today is likely to be higher.

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