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About Kadighat Village

Kadighat is a large village in Gangarampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,329, made up of 1,753 males and 1,576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kadighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kadighat village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Gangarampur
Pincode 733124
Area (hectares) 57 hectares
Population 3,329
Male Population 1,753
Female Population 1,576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kadighat compares

By the 2011 count Kadighat is the 11th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 58 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Kadighat

Kadighat 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 Kadighat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Janchi, Jaydebpur, Jaypur and Jot Malkhan. 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 Kadighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Kadighat village had a population of 3,329. That makes it the 11th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Kadighat village has 1,753 males and 1,576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kadighat has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Kadighat is 733124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kadighat covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 58 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kadighat falls under Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Kadighat notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kadighat.

Kadighat is in Gangarampur 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 Kadighat today is likely to be higher.

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