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About Dakshin Harirampur Village

Dakshin Harirampur is a mid sized village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 521 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Harirampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Harirampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode 731236
Area (hectares) 177.4 hectares
Population 1,005
Male Population 521
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Harirampur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Harirampur is the 69th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 177.4 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Dakshin Harirampur

Dakshin Harirampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Harirampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dakshin Harirampur from other places

Dakshin Harirampur lies about 15 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Takipur, about 5.6 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 Dakshin Harirampur
Nearest railway station Takipur 5.6 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bolpur Sriniketan 15 km
District headquarters Birbhum 15 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Harirampur

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 Dakshin Harirampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Harirampur village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 69th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Dakshin Harirampur village has 521 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Harirampur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Harirampur is 731236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Harirampur covers 177.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Harirampur is Takipur, about 5.6 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 village for Dakshin Harirampur.

Dakshin Harirampur is about 15 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Harirampur is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Takipur is about 5.6 km away. Nalhāti is about 11 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Harirampur (under 2 km), Debagram (2.2 km) and Makrampur (2.6 km).

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

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