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About Donaipur Village

Donaipur is a small village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 112 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Donaipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donaipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode 731204
Area (hectares) 69.72 hectares
Population 239
Male Population 112
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,134
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Donaipur compares

By the 2011 count Donaipur is the 143rd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 69.72 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Donaipur

Donaipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Donaipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Donaipur from other places

Donaipur lies about 3.9 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Donaipur
Nearest railway station Swadinpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bolpur Sriniketan 3.9 km
District headquarters Birbhum 3.9 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 6.3 km

Villages closest to Donaipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil.

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 Donaipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Donaipur village had a population of 239. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Donaipur village has 112 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donaipur has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Donaipur is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Donaipur covers 69.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Donaipur falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Donaipur is Swadinpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Donaipur.

Donaipur is about 3.9 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donaipur is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Swadinpur is about under 2 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 3.9 km away. Birbhum is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damodarpur (1.5 km), Kamardanga (2.1 km) and Paschim Islampur (2.3 km).

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

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