About Darkua Bangla Village

Darkua Bangla is a small village in Dhar Kalan tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 222 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkua Bangla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkua Bangla village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dhar Kalan
Pincode	145022
Area (hectares)	449 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	222
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkua Bangla compares

By the 2011 count Darkua Bangla is the 24th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,807 residents. Its 449 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 931.

Getting to Darkua Bangla

Darkua Bangla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darkua Bangla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Darkua Bangla from other places

Darkua Bangla lies about 58 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 7.6 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 Darkua Bangla
Nearest railway station	Talara	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhar Kalan	18 km
Nearest town	Mamun	23 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	58 km

Villages closest to Darkua Bangla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhar Kalan 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 Darkua Bangla

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkua Bangla village had a population of 422. That makes it the 24th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,807 residents.

Darkua Bangla village has 222 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkua Bangla has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Darkua Bangla is 145022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkua Bangla covers 449 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.

Darkua Bangla falls under Dhar Kalan tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Darkua Bangla is Talara, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Darkua Bangla.

Darkua Bangla is about 58 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkua Bangla is in Dhar Kalan tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Talara is about 7.6 km away. Dhar Kalan is about 18 km away. Mamun is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.