Dara is a village in Tantnagar mandal, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with a population of 739 across 131 households. The village has a literacy rate of 52.6% and is located at 22.576°N, 87.411°E.
By population, Dara ranks #37 of 76 villages in Tantnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dara is a village of 739 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Tantnagar block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 76 villages in Tantnagar block. Literacy is 53%, 4 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,124 women per 1,000 men. It lies 150 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 24 km from Gaurhati, the nearest town, 11 km from Godapiasal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833204, served by J.M.P. Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 378179. The nearest hospital or health centre is Keshpur Rural Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SUKHMATI BARI. The population is estimated at 544 in 2026, down 26% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Purnia →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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