About Darkhanda Village

Darkhanda is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 142 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,352 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkhanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkhanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246162
Area (hectares)	145.62 hectares
Population	334
Male Population	142
Female Population	192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,352
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkhanda compares

By the 2011 count Darkhanda is the 19th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 145.62 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Darkhanda

Darkhanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darkhanda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Darkhanda from other places

Darkhanda lies about 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Darkhanda
Tehsil headquarters	Chaubattakhal	2.9 km
Nearest town	Pauri	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	40 km

Villages closest to Darkhanda

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

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Common questions about Darkhanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkhanda village had a population of 334. That makes it the 19th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Darkhanda village has 142 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkhanda has about 1352 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Darkhanda is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkhanda covers 145.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darkhanda falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Darkhanda is Kotdwara, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Darkhanda.

Darkhanda is about 29 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkhanda is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 2.9 km away. Pauri is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.