About Dakshin Sherpur Village

Dakshin Sherpur 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 316, made up of 167 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Pincode	721401
Area (hectares)	66.77 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	167
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Sherpur is the 163rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 66.77 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Dakshin Sherpur

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

Dakshin Sherpur 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 Sherpur
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 Sherpur

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.

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Common questions about Dakshin Sherpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Sherpur village had a population of 316. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Dakshin Sherpur village has 167 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Sherpur has about 892 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 Sherpur is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Sherpur covers 66.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshin Sherpur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Sherpur 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dakshin Sherpur.

Dakshin Sherpur 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 Sherpur 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.