About Darana Village

Darana is a mid sized village in Sindkhede tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,568, made up of 814 males and 754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1282 hectares hectares.

Darana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sindkhede
Area (hectares)	1282 hectares
Population	1,568
Male Population	814
Female Population	754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darana compares

By the 2011 count Darana is the 60th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 1282 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, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Darana

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

Darana lies about 28 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Hol, about 12 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 Darana
Nearest railway station	Hol	12 km
Nearest town	Dondaicha	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sindkhede	28 km
District headquarters	Dhule	28 km

Villages closest to Darana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darana village had a population of 1,568. That makes it the 60th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Darana village has 814 males and 754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darana has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Darana covers 1282 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.

Darana falls under Sindkhede tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darana is Hol, about 12 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 Darana.

Darana is about 28 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darana is in Sindkhede tehsil of Dhule district. Hol is about 12 km away. Dondaicha is about 24 km away. Sindkhede is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.