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About Khopalashi Village

Khopalashi is a mid sized village in Kharibari tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 779, made up of 369 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khopalashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khopalashi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kharibari
Pincode 734010
Area (hectares) 182.51 hectares
Population 779
Male Population 369
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khopalashi compares

By the 2011 count Khopalashi is the 44th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents. Its 182.51 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Khopalashi

Khopalashi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khopalashi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khopalashi from other places

Khopalashi lies about 23 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Khopalashi
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharibari 23 km
District headquarters Darjiling 23 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 23 km

Villages closest to Khopalashi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khopalashi village had a population of 779. That makes it the 44th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents.

Khopalashi village has 369 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khopalashi has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Khopalashi is 734010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khopalashi covers 182.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khopalashi falls under Kharibari tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khopalashi is Darjeeling, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khopalashi.

Khopalashi is about 23 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khopalashi is in Kharibari tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 23 km away. Kharibari is about 23 km away. Darjiling is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deoanbhita (5.1 km), Kelabari (12 km) and Rangali (20 km).

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

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