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About Darkhola Village

Darkhola is a small village in Jamboni tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 8 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkhola village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jamboni
Pincode 721505
Area (hectares) 19.46 hectares
Population 12
Male Population 8
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Darkhola compares

By the 2011 count Darkhola is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 405 residents. Its 19.46 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Darkhola

Darkhola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darkhola 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chiya Para, Chutia, Daichakura and Dakshin Sol. 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 Darkhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkhola village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 405 residents.

Darkhola village has 8 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkhola has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Darkhola is 721505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkhola covers 19.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darkhola falls under Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Darkhola notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Darkhola.

Darkhola is in Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Darkhola today is likely to be higher.

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