About Dakshin Chengmari Village

Dakshin Chengmari is a large village in Kumargram tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,779, made up of 1,917 males and 1,862 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Chengmari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Chengmari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Kumargram
Pincode	736203
Area (hectares)	633.3 hectares
Population	3,779
Male Population	1,917
Female Population	1,862
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Chengmari compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Chengmari is the 20th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents. Its 633.3 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Dakshin Chengmari

Dakshin Chengmari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Chengmari 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 Dakshin Chengmari from other places

Dakshin Chengmari lies about 16 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Lataguri, about 9.2 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 Chengmari
Nearest railway station	Lataguri	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumargram	16 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	16 km
Nearest town	Jalpāiguri	16 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Chengmari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Chengmari village had a population of 3,779. That makes it the 20th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents.

Dakshin Chengmari village has 1,917 males and 1,862 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Chengmari has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Chengmari is 736203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Chengmari covers 633.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshin Chengmari falls under Kumargram tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Chengmari is Lataguri, about 9.2 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 Dakshin Chengmari.

Dakshin Chengmari is about 16 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Chengmari is in Kumargram tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Lataguri is about 9.2 km away. Kumargram is about 16 km away. Jalpaiguri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paschim Chengmari (under 2 km), Chengmari (2.7 km) and Dhantali (4.5 km).

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