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About Darga Heri Village

Darga Heri is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 142 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darga Heri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darga Heri village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 93 hectares
Population 262
Male Population 142
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Darga Heri compares

By the 2011 count Darga Heri is the 298th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 984.

Getting to Darga Heri

Darga Heri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darga Heri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darga Heri from other places

Darga Heri lies about 31 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 2.9 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 Darga Heri
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 2.9 km
Nearest town Urmar 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 11 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 31 km

Villages closest to Darga Heri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Darga Heri

As per the Census of India 2011, Darga Heri village had a population of 262. That makes it the 298th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Darga Heri village has 142 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darga Heri has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Darga Heri is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darga Heri covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darga Heri falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Darga Heri is Khuda Kurala, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Darga Heri.

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

Darga Heri is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 2.9 km away. Urmar is about 5.2 km away. Dasua is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohian (under 2 km), Jhajji Pind (under 2 km) and Bagol Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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