About Dakshin Chengmari Village

Dakshin Chengmari is a mid sized village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,974, made up of 1,023 males and 951 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, 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	Mal
Pincode	735218
Area (hectares)	486.19 hectares
Population	1,974
Male Population	1,023
Female Population	951
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Chengmari compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Chengmari is the 60th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 486.19 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Dakshin Chengmari

Dakshin Chengmari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Chengmari as Available within 5 - 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 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	Mal	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 Mal 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 1,974. That makes it the 60th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Dakshin Chengmari village has 1,023 males and 951 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Chengmari has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Chengmari is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Chengmari covers 486.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshin Chengmari falls under Mal 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Lataguri is about 9.2 km away. Mal 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 Chengmari Dangapara (1.9 km), Paschim Sangapara (2.0 km) and Purbba Mauamari (2.1 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.