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About Danga Village

Danga is a mid sized village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,603, made up of 828 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733140
Area (hectares) 218.05 hectares
Population 1,603
Male Population 828
Female Population 775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Danga compares

By the 2011 count Danga is the 31st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 218.05 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Danga

Danga is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danga from other places

Danga lies about 18 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Mallickpur Hat, about 16 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 Danga
Nearest railway station Mallickpur Hat 16 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 18 km
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Balurghat 26 km

Villages closest to Danga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balurghat 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 Danga

As per the Census of India 2011, Danga village had a population of 1,603. That makes it the 31st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Danga village has 828 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danga has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Danga is 733140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danga covers 218.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danga falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Danga is Mallickpur Hat, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Danga is about 18 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danga is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Mallickpur Hat is about 16 km away. Dakshin Dinajpur is about 18 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusumbar (6.2 km), Chak Laksminarayan (13 km) and Chak Ramnarayan (13 km).

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

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