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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
harpreet kaur
Contact: 98****4127
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- LGD code
- 40055
- Pincode
- 148108
- Post office
- Tapa
- Population
- 2,193
- Households
- 407
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 841
Census 2011 · in context
How Daraka (70) compares
By population, Daraka (70) ranks #31 of 50 villages in Tapa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.2%
−7.6% vs mandal average
- Daraka (70)
- 48.2%
- Tapa mandal
- 55.8%
- Barnala district
- 60.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+38 vs mandal average
- Daraka (70)
- 925
- Tapa mandal
- 887
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Daraka (70)
- 5.4
- Tapa mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Daraka (70) at a glance
Daraka (70) is a village of 2,193 people in 407 households (Census 2011) in Tapa tehsil, Barnala district, Punjab, the 31st-largest of 50 villages in Tapa tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 148108, served by Tapa post office; the LGD village code is 40055. The sarpanch is harpreet kaur. The population is estimated at 2,586 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Daraka (70)
- LGD code
- 40055
- Pincode
- 148108
- Post office
- Tapa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,193
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,586
- Households
- 407
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- harpreet kaur
- Block / Mandal
- Tapa
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 148108
- Pakho (53)Tapa mandal10,376 pop
- Mauran Nabha (51)Tapa mandal7,197 pop
- Mauran Patiala (67)Tapa mandal6,557 pop
- Ugo Ke (66)Tapa mandal5,411 pop
- Dhilwan Nabha (50)Tapa mandal5,342 pop
- Tajo Ke (63)Tapa mandal4,358 pop
- Dhilwan Patiala (65)Tapa mandal4,167 pop
- Daraj (69)Tapa mandal2,861 pop
- Ghuns (61)Tapa mandal2,836 pop
Other villages in Tapa mandal
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- Dhaula (55)
- Pakho (53)
- Mauran Nabha (51)
- Mauran Patiala (67)
- Rure Ke Kalan (54)
- Talle Wal (17)
- Dhur Kot (74)
- Ugo Ke (66)
- Dhilwan Nabha (50)
- Bihla (18)
- Tajo Ke (63)
- Bhotna (435)
- Gehal (19)
- Dhilwan Patiala (65)
- Jangiana (10)
- Patti Bir Singh Bhadaur (7)
- Diwana(21)
- Daraj (69)
- Ramgarh (16)
- Ghuns (61)
- Bhaini Fatta (75)
- Badra (76)
- Naine Wal (6)
- Sandhu Kalan (4)
- Kahne Ke (56)
- Majhu Ke (14)
- Talwandi (12)
- Mehta (62)
- Chini Wal Khurd (22)
- Alkra (11)
- Patti Mohar Singh (9)
- Badhate (437)
- Chhana Gulab Singh (5)
- Chungh (436)
- Khudi Khurd (60)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)