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About Dargawan Village

Dargawan is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 593 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.91 hectares hectares.

Dargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dargawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 234.91 hectares
Population 1,119
Male Population 593
Female Population 526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dargawan compares

By the 2011 count Dargawan is the 154th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 234.91 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Dargawan

The census records public bus service for Dargawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dargawan from other places

Dargawan lies about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Lalpur, about 2.1 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 Dargawan
Nearest railway station Lalpur 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 5.4 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 16 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 19 km

Villages closest to Dargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dargawan village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 154th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Dargawan village has 593 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dargawan has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 868.

Dargawan covers 234.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dargawan falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dargawan is Lalpur, about 2.1 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dargawan.

Dargawan is about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dargawan is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Lalpur is about 2.1 km away. Akbarpur is about 5.4 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mairakhpur (under 2 km), Alam Chandpur (1.7 km) and Balbhadrapur (1.8 km).

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

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