About Darapur Village

Darapur is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 890, made up of 462 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darapur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144210
Area (hectares)	360 hectares
Population	890
Male Population	462
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darapur compares

By the 2011 count Darapur is the 110th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 360 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Darapur

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

Darapur lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about under 2 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 Darapur
Nearest town	Urmar	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Darapur

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.

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Common questions about Darapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Darapur village had a population of 890. That makes it the 110th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Darapur village has 462 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darapur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Darapur is 144210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darapur covers 360 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darapur falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Darapur is Tanda Urmar, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Darapur.

Darapur is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darapur is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about under 2 km away. Tanda Urmar is about under 2 km away. Dasua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.