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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Darshani is a village in Koraon mandal, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, home to 1,808 residents spread across 318 households with a literacy rate of 47.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dinesh Kumar
Contact: 79****3597
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- LGD code
- 163621
- Pincode
- 212306
- Post office
- Koraon
- Population
- 1,808
- Households
- 318
- Literacy rate
- 47.6%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 684
- Distance to district centre
- 356 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 352 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 363 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 273 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 70 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aashirwad Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Darshani compares
By population, Darshani ranks #66 of 277 villages in Koraon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.6%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Darshani
- 47.6%
- Koraon mandal
- 52.8%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+17 vs mandal average
- Darshani
- 925
- Koraon mandal
- 908
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Darshani
- 5.7
- Koraon mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Darshani at a glance
Darshani is a village of 1,808 people in 318 households (Census 2011) in Koraon tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 66th-largest of 277 villages in Koraon tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 356 km from the Prayagraj district centre, 23 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 70 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212306, served by Koraon post office; the LGD village code is 163621. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aashirwad Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Dinesh Kumar, and the village votes in Mohan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Darshani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- 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
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 71
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DURSHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 373.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 244.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Darshani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Darshani
- LGD code
- 163621
- Pincode
- 212306
- Post office
- Koraon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,808
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,132
- Households
- 318
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 47.6%
- Coordinates
- 29.89498°N, 79.60571°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohan
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brajesh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dinesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Koraon
Getting there
How to reach Darshani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow363 kmcapital
- Delhi273 km
- Kolkata1193 km
- Mumbai1381 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam70 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station18 km
- Hospital / PHCAashirwad Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum26 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College18 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station58 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Darshani
6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath Temple ComplexTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath templeTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Kot Ki Mai TempleTemple3.2 km ↗
- 🛕Pingla Devi TempleTemple5.0 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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)