About Dakshin Mahendrapur Village

Dakshin Mahendrapur is a mid sized village in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 875, made up of 471 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743373, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Mahendrapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Mahendrapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743373
Area (hectares)	178.5 hectares
Population	875
Male Population	471
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Mahendrapur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Mahendrapur is the 83rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 178.5 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 958.

Getting to Dakshin Mahendrapur

Dakshin Mahendrapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Mahendrapur as Available within village. 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 Dakshin Mahendrapur from other places

Dakshin Mahendrapur lies about 39 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 16 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 Dakshin Mahendrapur
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	16 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	39 km
Nearest town	Haldia	39 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Mahendrapur

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 Dakshin Mahendrapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Mahendrapur village had a population of 875. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Dakshin Mahendrapur village has 471 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Mahendrapur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Mahendrapur is 743373. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Mahendrapur covers 178.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Mahendrapur is Namkhana, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dakshin Mahendrapur.

Dakshin Mahendrapur is about 39 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.

Dakshin Mahendrapur is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 3.9 km away. Namkhana is about 16 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas 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 Ramganga (under 2 km), Jagindrapur (1.5 km) and Dakshin Gobindapur (2.2 km).

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