About Darpa Village

Darpa is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 156 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darpa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	814149
Area (hectares)	53 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	156
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
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 Darpa compares

By the 2011 count Darpa is the 188th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Darpa

Darpa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Darpa 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 Darpa from other places

Darpa lies about 56 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 20 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 Darpa
Nearest railway station	Jamtara	20 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	24 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	56 km

Villages closest to Darpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darpa village had a population of 307. That makes it the 188th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Darpa village has 156 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darpa has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Darpa is 814149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darpa covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darpa falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Darpa is Jamtara, about 20 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 Darpa.

Darpa is about 56 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darpa is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Jamtara is about 20 km away. Jāmtāra is about 20 km away. Sarath is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.