About Dihi Kashimpur Village

Dihi Kashimpur is a mid sized village in Chandipur tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,461, made up of 778 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721659, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dihi Kashimpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dihi Kashimpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Chandipur
Pincode	721659
Area (hectares)	108.77 hectares
Population	1,461
Male Population	778
Female Population	683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Dihi Kashimpur compares

By the 2011 count Dihi Kashimpur is the 41st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 108.77 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Dihi Kashimpur

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

Dihi Kashimpur lies about 76 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Sonarpur Junction, about 3.5 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 Dihi Kashimpur
Nearest railway station	Sonarpur Junction	3.5 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandipur	14 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	76 km

Villages closest to Dihi Kashimpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandipur 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 Dihi Kashimpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dihi Kashimpur village had a population of 1,461. That makes it the 41st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Dihi Kashimpur village has 778 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dihi Kashimpur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Dihi Kashimpur is 721659. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dihi Kashimpur covers 108.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dihi Kashimpur falls under Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dihi Kashimpur is Sonarpur Junction, about 3.5 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 Dihi Kashimpur.

Dihi Kashimpur is about 76 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dihi Kashimpur is in Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Sonarpur Junction is about 3.5 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 3.7 km away. Chandipur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.