About Dakshin Atharkhai Village

Dakshin Atharkhai is a small village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 166 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Atharkhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Atharkhai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Chopra
Pincode	733214
Area (hectares)	97.52 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	166
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshin Atharkhai compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Atharkhai is the 101st 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 97.52 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Dakshin Atharkhai

Dakshin Atharkhai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Atharkhai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Atharkhai from other places

Dakshin Atharkhai lies about 77 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 14 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 Atharkhai
Nearest railway station	Dhumdangi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chopra	15 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	29 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	77 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Atharkhai

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.

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Common questions about Dakshin Atharkhai

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Atharkhai village had a population of 342. That makes it the 101st 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 Atharkhai village has 166 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Atharkhai has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Atharkhai is 733214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Atharkhai covers 97.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Atharkhai is Dhumdangi, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Dakshin Atharkhai.

Dakshin Atharkhai is about 77 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 Atharkhai is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhumdangi is about 14 km away. Chopra is about 15 km away. Siliguri is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Jaypura (under 2 km), Khochabari (1.5 km) and Teligachh (1.6 km).

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