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About Darapur Village

Darapur is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 106 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, 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 Garhshankar
Pincode 144532
Area (hectares) 136 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 106
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Darapur compares

By the 2011 count Darapur is the 259th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Darapur

Darapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 <5 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 59 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 4.6 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 Darapur
Nearest railway station Rahon 4.6 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 22 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 59 km

Villages closest to Darapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 Darapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Darapur village had a population of 211. That makes it the 259th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Darapur village has 106 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darapur has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Darapur is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darapur covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darapur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Darapur is Rahon, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 59 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 Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Rahon is about 4.6 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Garhshankar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garhi (3.0 km), Tejpur (3.9 km) and Kanger (4.5 km).

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

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