About Dara Village

Dara is a mid sized village in Shahade tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 404 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568 hectares hectares.

Dara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nandurbar
Tehsil	Shahade
Area (hectares)	568 hectares
Population	830
Male Population	404
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dara compares

By the 2011 count Dara is the 150th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 568 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Dara

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

Dara lies about under 2 km from Nandurbar. 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 Dara
Tehsil headquarters	Shahade	under 2 km
District headquarters	Nandurbar	under 2 km

Villages closest to Dara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dara village had a population of 830. That makes it the 150th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Dara village has 404 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dara has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Dara covers 568 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dara falls under Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

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

Dara is about under 2 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dara is in Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district. Shahade is about under 2 km away. Nandurbar is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.