About Dardag Village

Dardag is a mid sized village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 494 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 931 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dardag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dardag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835331
Area (hectares)	931 hectares
Population	995
Male Population	494
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 Dardag compares

By the 2011 count Dardag is the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 931 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Dardag

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

Dardag lies about 51 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Latehar, about 31 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 Dardag
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Latehar	31 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	34 km
District headquarters	Gumla	51 km

Villages closest to Dardag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dardag village had a population of 995. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Dardag village has 494 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dardag has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Dardag is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dardag covers 931 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dardag falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dardag is Latehar, about 31 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 Dardag.

Dardag is about 51 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dardag is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 31 km away. Lohārdagā is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.