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About Darua Village

Darua is a mid sized village in Untari Road tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,012, made up of 543 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darua village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Tehsil Untari Road
Pincode 822116
Area (hectares) 116.88 hectares
Population 1,012
Male Population 543
Female Population 469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
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 Darua compares

By the 2011 count Darua is the 16th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents. Its 116.88 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Darua

Darua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darua 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. The nearest villages by name are Bhitihara, Binhua, Birja and Checharia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Darua

As per the Census of India 2011, Darua village had a population of 1,012. That makes it the 16th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents.

Darua village has 543 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darua has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Darua is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darua covers 116.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Darua falls under Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Darua notes the nearest railway station 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 Darua.

Darua is in Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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