About Shaldanga Village

Shaldanga is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 259 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shaldanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shaldanga village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	166.39 hectares
Population	485
Male Population	259
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shaldanga compares

By the 2011 count Shaldanga is the 172nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 166.39 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Shaldanga

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

How far is Shaldanga from other places

Shaldanga lies about 176 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 14 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 Shaldanga
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	14 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	31 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	176 km

Villages closest to Shaldanga

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 Shaldanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Shaldanga village had a population of 485. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Shaldanga village has 259 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shaldanga has about 873 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 Shaldanga is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shaldanga covers 166.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shaldanga is Gadadharpur, about 14 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 village for Shaldanga.

Shaldanga is about 176 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shaldanga is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Gadadharpur is about 14 km away. Sainthia is about 19 km away. Tapan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.