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About Darur Village

Darur is a mid sized village in Gondpipri tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 566 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 902.11 hectares hectares.

Darur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Gondpipri
Area (hectares) 902.11 hectares
Population 1,088
Male Population 566
Female Population 522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darur compares

By the 2011 count Darur is the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 809 residents. Its 902.11 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 969.

Getting to Darur

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

Darur lies about 58 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Sirpur Town, about 19 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 Darur
Tehsil headquarters Gondpipri 14 km
Nearest railway station Sirpur Town 19 km
Nearest town Kagaznāgār 38 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 58 km

Villages closest to Darur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darur village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 809 residents.

Darur village has 566 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darur has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Darur covers 902.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darur falls under Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darur is Sirpur Town, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Darur.

Darur is about 58 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darur is in Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district. Gondpipri is about 14 km away. Sirpur Town is about 19 km away. Kagaznāgār is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Darur (1.8 km), Undirgaon Alies Kantepeth (3.7 km) and Undirgaon Ryt (3.7 km).

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

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