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About Darbada Village

Darbada is a mid sized village in Salekasa tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,120, made up of 533 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.99 hectares hectares.

Darbada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darbada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Salekasa
Area (hectares) 396.99 hectares
Population 1,120
Male Population 533
Female Population 587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Darbada compares

By the 2011 count Darbada is the 29th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 396.99 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Darbada

Darbada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Darbada as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darbada from other places

Darbada lies about 31 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 2.3 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 Darbada
Nearest railway station Dhanoli 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Salekasa 6.8 km
District headquarters Gondiya 31 km
Nearest town Gondiā 31 km

Villages closest to Darbada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darbada village had a population of 1,120. That makes it the 29th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Darbada village has 533 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darbada has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Darbada covers 396.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darbada falls under Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darbada is Dhanoli, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darbada.

Darbada is about 31 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darbada is in Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district. Dhanoli is about 2.3 km away. Salekasa is about 6.8 km away. Gondiya is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghonsi (under 2 km), Dhanoli (1.5 km) and Nanwha (1.7 km).

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

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