About Dakshin Ranigachhi Village

Dakshin Ranigachhi is a mid sized village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 386 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Ranigachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Ranigachhi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743425
Area (hectares)	25.09 hectares
Population	706
Male Population	386
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
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 Ranigachhi compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Ranigachhi is the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 25.09 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Dakshin Ranigachhi

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

Dakshin Ranigachhi lies about 42 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gourdaha Halt, about 13 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 Ranigachhi
Nearest railway station	Gourdaha Halt	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	17 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	17 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	42 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Ranigachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Ranigachhi village had a population of 706. That makes it the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Dakshin Ranigachhi village has 386 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Ranigachhi has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Ranigachhi is 743425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Ranigachhi covers 25.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dakshin Ranigachhi falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Ranigachhi is Gourdaha Halt, about 13 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 Ranigachhi.

Dakshin Ranigachhi is about 42 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Ranigachhi is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Gourdaha Halt is about 13 km away. Haroa is about 17 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranigachhi (under 2 km), Serpur (2.3 km) and Kalikapur (2.3 km).

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