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About Danga Village

Danga is a large village in Dinhata I tehsil, in the district of Koch Bihar, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,065, made up of 1,023 males and 1,042 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Koch Bihar
Tehsil Dinhata I
Pincode 736135
Area (hectares) 213.42 hectares
Population 2,065
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 1,042
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danga compares

By the 2011 count Danga is the 48th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,202 residents. Its 213.42 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Danga

The census records public bus service for Danga as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danga from other places

Danga lies about 20 km from Koch Bihar, and the nearest railway station is Ghoksadanga, about under 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 Danga
Nearest railway station Ghoksadanga under 2 km
Nearest town Mātābhānga 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dinhata I 20 km
District headquarters Koch Bihar 20 km

Villages closest to Danga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dinhata I 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 Danga

As per the Census of India 2011, Danga village had a population of 2,065. That makes it the 48th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,202 residents.

Danga village has 1,023 males and 1,042 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danga has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Danga is 736135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danga covers 213.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danga falls under Dinhata I tehsil of Koch Bihar district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Danga is Ghoksadanga, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danga.

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

Danga is in Dinhata I tehsil of Koch Bihar district. Ghoksadanga is about under 2 km away. Mātābhānga is about 11 km away. Dinhata I 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 Singimari Madankura Dakshin (13 km), Bara Natabari (32 km) and Chhota Natabari (32 km).

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

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