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About Darhi Village

Darhi is a mid sized village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,070, made up of 552 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.96 hectares hectares.

Darhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 48.96 hectares
Population 1,070
Male Population 552
Female Population 518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Darhi compares

By the 2011 count Darhi is the 322nd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 48.96 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Darhi

Darhi 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 Darhi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darhi from other places

Darhi lies about 42 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Meja Road, about 9.6 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 Darhi
Nearest railway station Meja Road 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 28 km
District headquarters Allahabad 42 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 42 km

Villages closest to Darhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darhi village had a population of 1,070. That makes it the 322nd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Darhi village has 552 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darhi has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Darhi covers 48.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Darhi falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darhi is Meja Road, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Darhi.

Darhi is about 42 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darhi is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja Road is about 9.6 km away. Handia is about 28 km away. Allahabad is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karauha (1.6 km), Shiki Khurdh (3.9 km) and Shiki Kala (4.0 km).

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

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