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About Dantiari Village

Dantiari is a small village in Contai III tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 31 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dantiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dantiari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai III
Pincode 721449
Area (hectares) 13.38 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 31
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dantiari compares

By the 2011 count Dantiari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 13.38 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 945.

Getting to Dantiari

Dantiari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dantiari as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Daisai, Dakshin Kancheswar, Dakshin Nischintapur and Dakshinpithulia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dantiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Dantiari village had a population of 57. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Dantiari village has 31 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dantiari has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Dantiari is 721449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dantiari covers 13.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dantiari falls under Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Dantiari notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Dantiari.

Dantiari is in Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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