About Darajpur Village

Darajpur is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 727 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darajpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	85 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	727
Female Population	726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
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 Darajpur compares

By the 2011 count Darajpur is the 29th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Darajpur

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

Darajpur lies about 24 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 10 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 Darajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Murarai	10 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	17 km
District headquarters	Pakur	24 km

Villages closest to Darajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darajpur village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 29th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Darajpur village has 727 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darajpur has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Darajpur is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darajpur covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Darajpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Darajpur is Murarai, about 10 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 Darajpur.

Darajpur is about 24 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darajpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 5.0 km away. Murarai is about 10 km away. Nalhāti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.