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About Dangi Village

Dangi is a small village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 184 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 57.46 hectares
Population 349
Male Population 184
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dangi compares

By the 2011 count Dangi is the 159th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 57.46 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Dangi

The census records public bus service for Dangi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dangi from other places

Dangi lies about 7.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, 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 Dangi
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 7.6 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 7.6 km
Nearest railway station Dalkhola 14 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 28 km

Villages closest to Dangi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Dangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangi village had a population of 349. That makes it the 159th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Dangi village has 184 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangi has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Dangi is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangi covers 57.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dangi falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dangi is Dalkhola, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dangi.

Dangi is about 7.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangi is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Goalpokhar II is about 7.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 7.6 km away. Dalkhola is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamar Pokhar (6.2 km), Baragaon (7.1 km) and Kamalabari (7.9 km).

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

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