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About Naighati Village

Naighati is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 172 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naighati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naighati village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733127
Area (hectares) 60.26 hectares
Population 320
Male Population 172
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naighati compares

By the 2011 count Naighati is the 220th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 60.26 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Naighati

Naighati is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Naighati as Available within <5 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 Naighati from other places

Naighati lies about 172 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 3.5 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 Naighati
Nearest railway station Mallarpur 3.5 km
Nearest town Sainthia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 24 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 172 km

Villages closest to Naighati

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 Naighati

As per the Census of India 2011, Naighati village had a population of 320. That makes it the 220th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Naighati village has 172 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naighati has about 860 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 Naighati is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naighati covers 60.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Naighati is Mallarpur, about 3.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Naighati.

Naighati is about 172 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naighati is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Mallarpur is about 3.5 km away. Sainthia is about 12 km away. Tapan 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 Budhatch (under 2 km), Chandhati (under 2 km) and Chhatrahati (under 2 km).

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

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