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About Dakshin Narayanpur Village

Dakshin Narayanpur 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 808, made up of 409 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Narayanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Narayanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode 731204
Area (hectares) 193.51 hectares
Population 808
Male Population 409
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dakshin Narayanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Narayanpur is the 88th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 193.51 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Dakshin Narayanpur

Dakshin Narayanpur 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 Dakshin Narayanpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshin Narayanpur from other places

Dakshin Narayanpur lies about 7.3 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 7.0 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 Narayanpur
Nearest railway station Rampurhat Junction 7.0 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bolpur Sriniketan 7.3 km
District headquarters Birbhum 7.3 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Narayanpur

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 Narayanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Narayanpur village had a population of 808. That makes it the 88th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Dakshin Narayanpur village has 409 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Narayanpur has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

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

Dakshin Narayanpur covers 193.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Narayanpur is Rampurhat Junction, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Narayanpur.

Dakshin Narayanpur is about 7.3 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Narayanpur is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampurhat Junction is about 7.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 7.0 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Narayanpur (under 2 km), Uttar Narayanpur (under 2 km) and Bandh Nabagram (under 2 km).

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

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