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About Dakshin Dangapara Village

Dakshin Dangapara is a small village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 165 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Dangapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Dangapara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Chopra
Pincode 733207
Area (hectares) 80.53 hectares
Population 300
Male Population 165
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
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 Dakshin Dangapara compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Dangapara is the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents. Its 80.53 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 939.

Getting to Dakshin Dangapara

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

Dakshin Dangapara lies about 69 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 4.7 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 Dangapara
Nearest railway station Dhumdangi 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chopra 8.3 km
Nearest town Islāmpur 24 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 69 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Dangapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chopra 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.

Common questions about Dakshin Dangapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Dangapara village had a population of 300. That makes it the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Dakshin Dangapara village has 165 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Dangapara has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Dangapara is 733207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Dangapara covers 80.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshin Dangapara falls under Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Dangapara is Dhumdangi, about 4.7 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 Dakshin Dangapara.

Dakshin Dangapara is about 69 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Dangapara is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhumdangi is about 4.7 km away. Chopra is about 8.3 km away. Islāmpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Dangapara (under 2 km), Dangra Dangri (under 2 km) and Bhata (1.8 km).

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

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