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About Darot Kalan Village

Darot Kalan is a mid sized village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 405 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562.67 hectares hectares.

Darot Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darot Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 562.67 hectares
Population 784
Male Population 405
Female Population 379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darot Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Darot Kalan is the 46th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 562.67 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Darot Kalan

Darot Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darot Kalan as Available within village. 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 Darot Kalan from other places

Darot Kalan lies about 66 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Binaiki, about 13 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 Darot Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 13 km
Nearest railway station Binaiki 13 km
Nearest town Nainpur 35 km
District headquarters Seoni 66 km

Villages closest to Darot Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansaur 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 Darot Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Darot Kalan village had a population of 784. That makes it the 46th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Darot Kalan village has 405 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darot Kalan has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Darot Kalan covers 562.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darot Kalan falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darot Kalan is Binaiki, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Darot Kalan.

Darot Kalan is about 66 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darot Kalan is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Ghansaur is about 13 km away. Binaiki is about 13 km away. Nainpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darot Khurd (1.9 km), Pindrai (1.9 km) and Suchanmeta (2.6 km).

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

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