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About Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar Village

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is a small village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 256 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai I
Pincode 721401
Area (hectares) 64.07 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 256
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is the 132nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 64.07 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar from other places

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar lies about 16 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Haldia, about 7.6 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 Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar
Nearest town Monoharpur 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Haldia 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Contai I 16 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 16 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai 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 Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar village had a population of 471. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar village has 256 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar covers 64.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is Haldia, about 7.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is about 16 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Monoharpur is about 5.9 km away. Haldia is about 7.6 km away. Contai I 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 Dakshin Charai Khia (under 2 km), Dakshin Dauki (under 2 km) and Dakshin Gobinda Pur (under 2 km).

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

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