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About Darma Village

Darma is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 123 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,244 females per 1000 males. The village covers 621.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darma village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Munsiari
Pincode 262555
Area (hectares) 621.14 hectares
Population 276
Male Population 123
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,244
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 Darma compares

By the 2011 count Darma is the 55th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 621.14 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Darma

Darma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Darma 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. The nearest villages by name are Dafa, Dagati, Dakhim and Darati. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Darma

As per the Census of India 2011, Darma village had a population of 276. That makes it the 55th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Darma village has 123 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darma has about 1244 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Darma is 262555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darma covers 621.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darma falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Darma notes the nearest railway station 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 Darma.

Darma is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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