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About Darkhola Village

Darkhola is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 61 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.39 hectares hectares.

Darkhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkhola village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Area (hectares) 17.39 hectares
Population 125
Male Population 61
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkhola compares

By the 2011 count Darkhola is the 449th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 17.39 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Darkhola

Darkhola is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Darkhola as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Damgerya, Damodar Bati, Damodar Chak and Dapur. 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 125. That makes it the 449th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Darkhola village has 61 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkhola has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Darkhola covers 17.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Darkhola.

Darkhola is in Keshpur 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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