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About Purbba Dolaicaon Village

Purbba Dolaicaon is a large village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,144, made up of 1,622 males and 1,522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Dolaicaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Dolaicaon village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Mal
Pincode 735218
Area (hectares) 460.9 hectares
Population 3,144
Male Population 1,622
Female Population 1,522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
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 Purbba Dolaicaon compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Dolaicaon is the 33rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 460.9 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Purbba Dolaicaon

Purbba Dolaicaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbba Dolaicaon 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 Purbba Dolaicaon from other places

Purbba Dolaicaon lies about 20 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Neoranadi, about 9.9 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 Purbba Dolaicaon
Nearest railway station Neoranadi 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mal 20 km
District headquarters Jalpaiguri 20 km
Nearest town Jalpāiguri 20 km

Villages closest to Purbba Dolaicaon

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.

Common questions about Purbba Dolaicaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Dolaicaon village had a population of 3,144. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Purbba Dolaicaon village has 1,622 males and 1,522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Dolaicaon has about 938 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 Purbba Dolaicaon is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Dolaicaon covers 460.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purbba Dolaicaon falls under Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Dolaicaon is Neoranadi, about 9.9 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 Purbba Dolaicaon.

Purbba Dolaicaon is about 20 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Dolaicaon is in Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Neoranadi is about 9.9 km away. Mal is about 20 km away. Jalpaiguri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chengmarihat (under 2 km), Uttar Khalpara (1.8 km) and Paschim Dolaigaon (2.1 km).

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

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