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About Darakantia Village

Darakantia is a mid sized village in Bangiriposi tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 580 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darakantia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darakantia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Bangiriposi
Pincode 757032
Area (hectares) 425 hectares
Population 1,075
Male Population 580
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Darakantia compares

By the 2011 count Darakantia is the 22nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 502 residents. Its 425 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Darakantia

Darakantia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darakantia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chaulgheri, Chuapani, Dahisahi and Damsole. 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 Darakantia

As per the Census of India 2011, Darakantia village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 502 residents.

Darakantia village has 580 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darakantia has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Darakantia is 757032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darakantia covers 425 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darakantia falls under Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The census record for Darakantia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Darakantia is in Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj 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 Darakantia today is likely to be higher.

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