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About Durawal Khurd Village

Durawal Khurd is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 327 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durawal Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durawal Khurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Pincode 231216
Area (hectares) 74.9 hectares
Population 640
Male Population 327
Female Population 313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durawal Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Durawal Khurd is the 153rd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 74.9 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Durawal Khurd

Durawal Khurd is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Durawal Khurd as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durawal Khurd from other places

Durawal Khurd lies about 9.7 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 8.5 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 Durawal Khurd
Nearest railway station Khairahi 8.5 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 9.7 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 20 km

Villages closest to Durawal Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghorawal 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 Durawal Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Durawal Khurd village had a population of 640. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Durawal Khurd village has 327 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durawal Khurd has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Durawal Khurd is 231216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durawal Khurd covers 74.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durawal Khurd falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durawal Khurd is Khairahi, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Durawal Khurd is about 9.7 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durawal Khurd is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Khairahi is about 8.5 km away. Sonbhadra is about 9.7 km away. Robertsganj is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasari (under 2 km), Dabha (1.6 km) and Thuter (2.4 km).

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

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