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About Guldanga Village

Guldanga is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 663, made up of 366 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guldanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guldanga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733142
Area (hectares) 69.97 hectares
Population 663
Male Population 366
Female Population 297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guldanga compares

By the 2011 count Guldanga is the 138th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 69.97 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Guldanga

Guldanga is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guldanga as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guldanga from other places

Guldanga lies about 149 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 3.3 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 Guldanga
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 3.3 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 6.9 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 149 km

Villages closest to Guldanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guldanga village had a population of 663. That makes it the 138th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Guldanga village has 366 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guldanga has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Guldanga is 733142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guldanga covers 69.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guldanga falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Guldanga is Swadinpur, about 3.3 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 <5 km distance for Guldanga.

Guldanga is about 149 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guldanga is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Swadinpur is about 3.3 km away. Nalhāti is about 6.3 km away. Tapan is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharmadanga (under 2 km), Kharikadanga (under 2 km) and Maildanga (under 2 km).

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

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