About Gopalnagar Dakshin Village

Gopalnagar Dakshin is one of the larger villages in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,059, made up of 2,568 males and 2,491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalnagar Dakshin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalnagar Dakshin village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743347
Area (hectares)	638.3 hectares
Population	5,059
Male Population	2,568
Female Population	2,491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
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 Gopalnagar Dakshin compares

By the 2011 count Gopalnagar Dakshin is the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 638.3 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Gopalnagar Dakshin

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

Gopalnagar Dakshin lies about 41 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 9.0 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 Gopalnagar Dakshin
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	9.0 km
Nearest town	Haldia	36 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	41 km

Villages closest to Gopalnagar Dakshin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patharpratima 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 Gopalnagar Dakshin

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalnagar Dakshin village had a population of 5,059. That makes it the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Gopalnagar Dakshin village has 2,568 males and 2,491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalnagar Dakshin has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Gopalnagar Dakshin is 743347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalnagar Dakshin covers 638.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gopalnagar Dakshin falls under Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gopalnagar Dakshin is Namkhana, about 9.0 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 Gopalnagar Dakshin.

Gopalnagar Dakshin is about 41 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalnagar Dakshin is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 4.1 km away. Namkhana is about 9.0 km away. Haldia is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahendra Nagar (1.7 km), Durbachati (2.1 km) and Krishnapur (2.7 km).

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