About Dangapara Village

Dangapara is a small village in Madarihat tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 151 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangapara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Madarihat
Pincode	735220
Area (hectares)	140.87 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	151
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dangapara compares

By the 2011 count Dangapara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,922 residents. Its 140.87 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Dangapara

Dangapara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dangapara 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dangapara from other places

Dangapara lies about 42 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Dalgaon, about 3.9 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 Dangapara
Nearest railway station	Dalgaon	3.9 km
Nearest town	Birpara	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madarihat	18 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	42 km

Villages closest to Dangapara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangapara village had a population of 274. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,922 residents.

Dangapara village has 151 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangapara has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Dangapara is 735220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangapara covers 140.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dangapara falls under Madarihat tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dangapara is Dalgaon, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dangapara.

Dangapara is about 42 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangapara is in Madarihat tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Dalgaon is about 3.9 km away. Birpara is about 4.9 km away. Madarihat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.