About Daspur Village

Daspur is a small village in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 245 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743371, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daspur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743371
Area (hectares)	82.9 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	245
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daspur compares

By the 2011 count Daspur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 82.9 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 Daspur

Daspur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Daspur as Available within 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 Daspur from other places

Daspur lies about 51 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 19 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 Daspur
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	11 km
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	19 km
Nearest town	Haldia	50 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	51 km

Villages closest to Daspur

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 Daspur

As per the Census of India 2011, Daspur village had a population of 455. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Daspur village has 245 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daspur has about 857 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 Daspur is 743371. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daspur covers 82.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Daspur is Namkhana, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Daspur.

Daspur is about 51 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.

Daspur is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 11 km away. Namkhana is about 19 km away. Haldia is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.