About Dangra Village

Dangra is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 146 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721135
Area (hectares)	63.85 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	146
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dangra compares

By the 2011 count Dangra is the 147th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 63.85 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Dangra

Dangra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dangra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dangra from other places

Dangra lies about 93 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Kavi Nazrul, about 4.1 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 Dangra
Nearest railway station	Kavi Nazrul	4.1 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	19 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	93 km

Villages closest to Dangra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangra village had a population of 288. That makes it the 147th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Dangra village has 146 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangra has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Dangra is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangra covers 63.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dangra falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dangra is Kavi Nazrul, about 4.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dangra.

Dangra is about 93 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangra is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Kavi Nazrul is about 4.1 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 7.4 km away. Sankrail is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.