About Darkala Village

Darkala is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 27 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,556 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.76 hectares hectares.

Darkala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkala village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	98.76 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	27
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,556
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Darkala compares

By the 2011 count Darkala is the 150th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 98.76 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Darkala

Darkala is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Darkala as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darkala from other places

Darkala lies about 9.9 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Maharajpur, about 2.4 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 Darkala
Nearest railway station	Maharajpur	2.4 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	9.9 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	14 km

Villages closest to Darkala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkala village had a population of 69. That makes it the 150th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Darkala village has 27 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkala has about 1556 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Darkala covers 98.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darkala falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Darkala is Maharajpur, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darkala.

Darkala is about 9.9 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkala is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Maharajpur is about 2.4 km away. Sahibganj is about 9.9 km away. Sāhibganj is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.