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About Singal Village

Singal is a small village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 33, made up of 20 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 650 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733145
Area (hectares) 47.28 hectares
Population 33
Male Population 20
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 650
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Singal compares

By the 2011 count Singal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 47.28 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Singal

Singal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Singal 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. The nearest villages by name are Sewai, Siala, Sialdanga and Sibpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Singal

As per the Census of India 2011, Singal village had a population of 33. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Singal village has 20 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singal has about 650 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Singal is 733145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singal covers 47.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Singal notes the nearest railway station 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 Singal.

Singal is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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