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About Darghat Village

Darghat is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 642 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.38 hectares hectares.

Darghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darghat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 76.38 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 642
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Darghat compares

By the 2011 count Darghat is the 103rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 76.38 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Darghat

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

How far is Darghat from other places

Darghat lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 4.1 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 Darghat
Nearest railway station Maghar 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 7.4 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 9.6 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 23 km

Villages closest to Darghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darghat village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Darghat village has 642 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darghat has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Darghat covers 76.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Darghat falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darghat is Maghar, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Darghat.

Darghat is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darghat is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 4.1 km away. Sahjanwa is about 7.4 km away. Khalīlābād is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anantpur (under 2 km), Chhajania (under 2 km) and Kuwal Kala (under 2 km).

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

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