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About Dhiaghar Village

Dhiaghar is a small village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 209 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhiaghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhiaghar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Chopra
Pincode 733207
Area (hectares) 75.67 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 209
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhiaghar compares

By the 2011 count Dhiaghar is the 95th 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 75.67 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 Dhiaghar

Dhiaghar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhiaghar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dhiaghar from other places

Dhiaghar lies about 70 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 13 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 Dhiaghar
Tehsil headquarters Chopra 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Dhumdangi 13 km
Nearest town Islāmpur 26 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 70 km

Villages closest to Dhiaghar

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 Dhiaghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhiaghar village had a population of 428. That makes it the 95th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Dhiaghar village has 209 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhiaghar has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

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

Dhiaghar covers 75.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhiaghar is Dhumdangi, about 13 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 village for Dhiaghar.

Dhiaghar is about 70 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhiaghar is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Chopra is about 9.3 km away. Dhumdangi is about 13 km away. Islāmpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalitgachh (under 2 km), Dakshin Besarbari (under 2 km) and Purbba Andharijhari (2.1 km).

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

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