About Dakshinaria Village

Dakshinaria is a small village in Deshopran tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 260 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshinaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshinaria village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Deshopran
Pincode	721442
Area (hectares)	109.08 hectares
Population	473
Male Population	260
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshinaria compares

By the 2011 count Dakshinaria is the 116th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 109.08 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 942.

Getting to Dakshinaria

Dakshinaria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshinaria as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dakshinaria from other places

Dakshinaria 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 Dakshinaria
Nearest town	Monoharpur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Haldia	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deshopran	16 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	16 km

Villages closest to Dakshinaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshinaria village had a population of 473. That makes it the 116th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Dakshinaria village has 260 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshinaria has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Dakshinaria is 721442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshinaria covers 109.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshinaria falls under Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshinaria 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 village for Dakshinaria.

Dakshinaria 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.

Dakshinaria is in Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Monoharpur is about 5.9 km away. Haldia is about 7.6 km away. Deshopran is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.