About Darkhel Village

Darkhel is a mid sized village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 332 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 424310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkhel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkhel village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sakri
Pincode	424310
Area (hectares)	653 hectares
Population	636
Male Population	332
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkhel compares

By the 2011 count Darkhel is the 195th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 653 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Darkhel

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

Darkhel lies about 10 km from Sakri, and the nearest railway station is Dhule, about 48 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 Darkhel
Tehsil headquarters	Sakri	10 km
Nearest railway station	Dhule	48 km

Villages closest to Darkhel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkhel village had a population of 636. That makes it the 195th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Darkhel village has 332 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkhel has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Darkhel is 424310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkhel covers 653 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darkhel falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darkhel is Dhule, about 48 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 Darkhel.

Darkhel is about 10 km from Sakri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkhel is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 10 km away. Dhule is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.