About Ghatul Village

Ghatul is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 416, made up of 206 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghatul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatul village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733142
Area (hectares)	103.38 hectares
Population	416
Male Population	206
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghatul compares

By the 2011 count Ghatul is the 195th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 103.38 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Ghatul

Ghatul is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghatul 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghatul from other places

Ghatul 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 Ghatul
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 Ghatul

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.

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Common questions about Ghatul

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatul village had a population of 416. That makes it the 195th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Ghatul village has 206 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatul has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

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

Ghatul covers 103.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghatul 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghatul.

Ghatul 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.

Ghatul 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.