About Darana Village

Darana is a mid sized village in Sarangpur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 704 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.69 hectares hectares.

Darana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Sarangpur
Area (hectares)	461.69 hectares
Population	1,378
Male Population	704
Female Population	674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darana compares

By the 2011 count Darana is the 30th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 461.69 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Darana

Darana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Darana from other places

Darana lies about 37 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Paranamau, 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 Darana
Nearest railway station	Paranamau	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangpur	20 km
Nearest town	Sārangpur	20 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	37 km

Villages closest to Darana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darana village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 30th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Darana village has 704 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darana has about 957 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 953.

Darana covers 461.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darana falls under Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darana is Paranamau, 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 village for Darana.

Darana is about 37 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darana is in Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Paranamau is about 14 km away. Sarangpur is about 20 km away. Sārangpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.