Country India District Jalandhar PIN 144035 Elevation 237 m Area code 01821 | State Punjab Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone 01821 Population 904 (2011) Government body Gram panchayat | |
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Darapur (Punjabi: ਦਾਰਾਪੁਰ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 16 km away from Nurmahal, 11.5 km from Phillaur, 37 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 121 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
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Map of Darapur, Punjab 144035
Education
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school (PRI Darapur). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1955.
Demography
According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Darapur has a total number of 175 houses and population of 904 of which include 472 males and 432 females. Literacy rate of Darapur is 85.15%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 89 which is 9.85% of total population of Darapur, and child sex ratio is approximately 648 lower than state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 57.74% of total population in Darapur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 295 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Darapur which includes 276 males and 19 females. According to census survey report 2011, 99.32% workers describe their work as main work and 0.68% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Transport
Nurmahal railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction train station is 10.9 km away from the village. The village is 42 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 139 km away in Amritsar.