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About Danrai Village

Danrai is a small village in Potashpur I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 221 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721454, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danrai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Potashpur I
Pincode 721454
Area (hectares) 38.98 hectares
Population 449
Male Population 221
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danrai compares

By the 2011 count Danrai is the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,227 residents. Its 38.98 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Danrai

Danrai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danrai as Available within <5 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. The nearest villages by name are Chistipur, Chistipur Bheri, Dakshin Jali Bheri and Dakshin Rautara. 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 Danrai

As per the Census of India 2011, Danrai village had a population of 449. That makes it the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,227 residents.

Danrai village has 221 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danrai has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Danrai is 721454. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danrai covers 38.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danrai falls under Potashpur I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Danrai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danrai.

Danrai is in Potashpur I 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 Danrai today is likely to be higher.

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