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About Darain Village

Darain is a mid sized village in Jaisinghnagar tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 534 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.87 hectares hectares.

Darain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darain village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaisinghnagar
Area (hectares) 491.87 hectares
Population 1,118
Male Population 534
Female Population 584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,094
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darain compares

By the 2011 count Darain is the 56th largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 946 residents. Its 491.87 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Darain

Darain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darain 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. The nearest villages by name are Chhateni, Chhuda, Chhuihai Tola and Chitraw. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Darain

As per the Census of India 2011, Darain village had a population of 1,118. That makes it the 56th largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 946 residents.

Darain village has 534 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darain has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Darain covers 491.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darain falls under Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Darain notes the nearest railway station 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 Darain.

Darain is in Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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