About Dakshin Gram Village

Dakshin Gram is a large village in Mayureswar I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,589, made up of 1,336 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731245, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Gram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Gram village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mayureswar I
Pincode	731245
Area (hectares)	232.67 hectares
Population	2,589
Male Population	1,336
Female Population	1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Gram compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Gram is the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 232.67 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Dakshin Gram

Dakshin Gram is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Gram 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshin Gram from other places

Dakshin Gram lies about 20 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 9.6 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 Gram
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	9.6 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayureswar I	20 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	20 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Gram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar I 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.

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Common questions about Dakshin Gram

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Gram village had a population of 2,589. That makes it the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Dakshin Gram village has 1,336 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Gram has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Gram is 731245. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Gram covers 232.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dakshin Gram falls under Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Gram is Mallarpur, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dakshin Gram.

Dakshin Gram is about 20 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Gram is in Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 9.6 km away. Rampur Hat is about 16 km away. Mayureswar I is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.