About Darapur Village

Darapur is a small village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 159 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.85 hectares hectares.

Darapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sehore
Tehsil	Ashta
Area (hectares)	106.85 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	159
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darapur compares

By the 2011 count Darapur is the 158th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 106.85 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Darapur

Darapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darapur as Available within 5 - 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 Darapur from other places

Darapur lies about 40 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 36 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 Darapur
Tehsil headquarters	Ashta	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jabri	36 km
District headquarters	Sehore	40 km

Villages closest to Darapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darapur village had a population of 300. That makes it the 158th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Darapur village has 159 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darapur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Darapur covers 106.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darapur falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darapur is Jabri, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darapur.

Darapur is about 40 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darapur is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 4.9 km away. Jabri is about 36 km away. Sehore is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.