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About Daraiya Village

Daraiya is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 287 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.99 hectares hectares.

Daraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daraiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 372.99 hectares
Population 544
Male Population 287
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Daraiya compares

By the 2011 count Daraiya is the 95th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 372.99 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Daraiya

Daraiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Daraiya as Available within 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Daraiya from other places

Daraiya lies about 46 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 11 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 Daraiya
Nearest railway station Khurai Relway Stesan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 12 km
District headquarters Sagar 46 km

Villages closest to Daraiya

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

Common questions about Daraiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Daraiya village had a population of 544. That makes it the 95th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Daraiya village has 287 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daraiya has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Daraiya covers 372.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Daraiya falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daraiya is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Daraiya.

Daraiya is about 46 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daraiya is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Khurai Relway Stesan is about 11 km away. Khurai is about 12 km away. Sagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahrol (under 2 km), Balau (1.7 km) and Nardha (2.2 km).

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

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