About Darkada Village

Darkada is a mid sized village in Chakradharpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 731, made up of 372 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkada village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Chakradharpur
Pincode	833102
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	731
Male Population	372
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
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 Darkada compares

By the 2011 count Darkada is the 90th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 833 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Darkada

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

Darkada lies about 25 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 14 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 Darkada
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	25 km

Villages closest to Darkada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkada village had a population of 731. That makes it the 90th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 833 residents.

Darkada village has 372 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkada has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Darkada is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkada covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darkada falls under Chakradharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Darkada is Chakradharpur, about 14 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 Darkada.

Darkada is about 25 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkada is in Chakradharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 14 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.