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About Darum Village

Darum is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 861, made up of 428 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 977.29 hectares hectares.

Darum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darum village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Area (hectares) 977.29 hectares
Population 861
Male Population 428
Female Population 433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darum compares

By the 2011 count Darum is the 53rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 977.29 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Darum

Darum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darum 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. The nearest villages by name are Chinchwali, Dabgaon, Dakshin Bajar Peth and Damare. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Darum

As per the Census of India 2011, Darum village had a population of 861. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Darum village has 428 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darum has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Darum covers 977.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darum falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Darum 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 Darum.

Darum is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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