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About Dharan Village

Dharan is a large village in Raina I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,403, made up of 2,270 males and 2,133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 787.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Raina I
Pincode 713424
Area (hectares) 787.59 hectares
Population 4,403
Male Population 2,270
Female Population 2,133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharan compares

By the 2011 count Dharan is the 6th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,563 residents. Its 787.59 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Dharan

Dharan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dharan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chhota Kayrapur, Dakshinkul, Debibarpur and Deriapur. 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 Dharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharan village had a population of 4,403. That makes it the 6th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,563 residents.

Dharan village has 2,270 males and 2,133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharan has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Dharan is 713424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharan covers 787.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharan falls under Raina I tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Dharan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dharan.

Dharan is in Raina I tehsil of Barddhaman 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 Dharan today is likely to be higher.

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