About Daraung Village

Daraung is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 126 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daraung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daraung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	126
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Daraung compares

By the 2011 count Daraung is the 120th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Daraung

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

Daraung lies about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 27 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 Daraung
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	27 km
Nearest town	Khunti	36 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	42 km

Villages closest to Daraung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daraung village had a population of 245. That makes it the 120th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Daraung village has 126 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daraung has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Daraung is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daraung covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daraung falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Daraung is Sonua, about 27 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 Daraung.

Daraung is about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daraung is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 13 km away. Sonua is about 27 km away. Khunti is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.