About Dakshin Dadpur Village

Dakshin Dadpur is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,319, made up of 678 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.99 hectares hectares.

Dakshin Dadpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Dadpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares)	80.99 hectares
Population	1,319
Male Population	678
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Dadpur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Dadpur is the 75th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 80.99 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Dakshin Dadpur

Dakshin Dadpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Dadpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Dakshin Dadpur from other places

Dakshin Dadpur lies about 12 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Kanchrapara Workshop Gate, about 8.4 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 Dakshin Dadpur
Nearest railway station	Kanchrapara Workshop Gate	8.4 km
Nearest town	Naihāti	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polba Dadpur	12 km
District headquarters	Hugli	12 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Dadpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 Dakshin Dadpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Dadpur village had a population of 1,319. That makes it the 75th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Dakshin Dadpur village has 678 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Dadpur has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Dakshin Dadpur covers 80.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dakshin Dadpur falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Dadpur is Kanchrapara Workshop Gate, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dakshin Dadpur.

Dakshin Dadpur is about 12 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Dadpur is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Kanchrapara Workshop Gate is about 8.4 km away. Naihāti is about 10 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.