About Paschim Dwarakapur Village

Paschim Dwarakapur is a large village in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,097, made up of 2,116 males and 1,981 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paschim Dwarakapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paschim Dwarakapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743383
Area (hectares)	605.43 hectares
Population	4,097
Male Population	2,116
Female Population	1,981
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Paschim Dwarakapur compares

By the 2011 count Paschim Dwarakapur is the 40th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 605.43 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Paschim Dwarakapur

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

Paschim Dwarakapur lies about 44 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 8.4 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 Paschim Dwarakapur
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	8.4 km
Nearest town	Haldia	39 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	44 km

Villages closest to Paschim Dwarakapur

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 Paschim Dwarakapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paschim Dwarakapur village had a population of 4,097. That makes it the 40th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Paschim Dwarakapur village has 2,116 males and 1,981 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paschim Dwarakapur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Paschim Dwarakapur is 743383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paschim Dwarakapur covers 605.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Paschim Dwarakapur falls under Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Paschim Dwarakapur is Namkhana, about 8.4 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 Paschim Dwarakapur.

Paschim Dwarakapur is about 44 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.

Paschim Dwarakapur is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 4.1 km away. Namkhana is about 8.4 km away. Haldia is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur (2.0 km), Mahendra Nagar (2.1 km) and Baradapur (2.2 km).

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