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About Dundas Point Village

Dundas Point is a mid sized village in Ferrargunj tehsil, in the district of South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 283 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.26 hectares hectares.

Dundas Point Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dundas Point village
Description Value
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District South Andaman
Tehsil Ferrargunj
Area (hectares) 167.26 hectares
Population 539
Male Population 283
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dundas Point compares

By the 2011 count Dundas Point is the 28th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 816 residents. Its 167.26 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Dundas Point

Dundas Point is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dundas Point as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chouldari, Coffee Plot, Colinpur and Craikabad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Dundas Point

As per the Census of India 2011, Dundas Point village had a population of 539. That makes it the 28th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 816 residents.

Dundas Point village has 283 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dundas Point has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Dundas Point covers 167.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dundas Point falls under Ferrargunj tehsil of South Andaman district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The census record for Dundas Point notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dundas Point.

Dundas Point is in Ferrargunj tehsil of South Andaman district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dundas Point today is likely to be higher.

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