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- LGD code
- 543857
- Pincode
- 445307
- Post office
- Sindhola Mines
- Population
- 601
- Households
- 152
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 363
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 578 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 316 km
- Nearest railway station
- Yavatmal 1 · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. S.D. Dhale Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dara compares
By population, Dara ranks #49 of 117 villages in Zari-Jamani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.7%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Dara
- 74.7%
- Zari-Jamani mandal
- 69.0%
- Yavatmal district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
−16 vs mandal average
- Dara
- 970
- Zari-Jamani mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.0
Same as the mandal average
- Dara
- 4.0
- Zari-Jamani mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dara at a glance
Dara is a village of 601 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Zari-Jamani taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 49th-largest of 117 villages in Zari-Jamani taluka. Literacy is 75%, 6 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 31 km from Kalamb, the nearest town, 23 km from Yavatmal 1 railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445307, served by Sindhola Mines post office; the LGD village code is 543857. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. S.D. Dhale Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Yavatmal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Mangulkar. The population is estimated at 709 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 136
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 39
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 421
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 322
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dara
- LGD code
- 543857
- Pincode
- 445307
- Post office
- Sindhola Mines
- Population (Census 2011)
- 601
- Population (projected 2026)
- 709
- Households
- 152
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 74.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.22089°N, 78.25821°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Mangulkar
- Block / Mandal
- Zari-Jamani
Getting there
How to reach Dara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai578 kmcapital
- Hyderabad316 km
- Bengaluru809 km
- Chennai822 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationYavatmal 123 km
- Bus stopGodhni20 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. S.D. Dhale Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India22 km
- Petrol pumpShree renuka petroleum services21 km
- Police stationYavatmal City Police Station23 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)