About Darawan Village

Darawan is a mid sized village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 881, made up of 453 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darawan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Jalandhar II
Pincode	144102
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	881
Male Population	453
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
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 Darawan compares

By the 2011 count Darawan is the 106th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Darawan

Darawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Darawan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darawan from other places

Darawan lies about 31 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Cholang, about 8.2 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 Darawan
Nearest railway station	Cholang	8.2 km
Nearest town	Urmar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalandhar II	31 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	31 km

Villages closest to Darawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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 Darawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Darawan village had a population of 881. That makes it the 106th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Darawan village has 453 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darawan has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Darawan is 144102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darawan covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darawan falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Darawan is Cholang, about 8.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Darawan.

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

Darawan is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Cholang is about 8.2 km away. Urmar is about 11 km away. Jalandhar II is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.