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About Darhwal Village

Darhwal is a large village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,499, made up of 1,629 males and 1,870 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.45 hectares hectares.

Darhwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darhwal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 494.45 hectares
Population 3,499
Male Population 1,629
Female Population 1,870
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,148
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Darhwal compares

By the 2011 count Darhwal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 494.45 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Darhwal

Darhwal 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 Darhwal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Darhwal from other places

Darhwal lies about 120 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 1.8 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 Darhwal
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 1.8 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 27 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 120 km

Villages closest to Darhwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darhwal village had a population of 3,499. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Darhwal village has 1,629 males and 1,870 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darhwal has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Darhwal covers 494.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Darhwal falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darhwal is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 1.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Darhwal.

Darhwal is about 120 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darhwal is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 1.8 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 21 km away. Jakhania is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Daud (3.3 km), Babura (3.7 km) and Sarauli Urf Pahetiya (5.3 km).

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

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