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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUSHPA BHANDARI
Contact: 62****4016
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- LGD code
- 324621
- Pincode
- 712302
- Post office
- Dhaniakhali
- Population
- 954
- Households
- 231
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Sex ratio
- 947 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 424
Census 2011 · in context
How Dipa compares
By population, Dipa ranks #127 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.2%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Dipa
- 78.2%
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 68.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
947
−47 vs mandal average
- Dipa
- 947
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Dipa
- 4.1
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dipa at a glance
Dipa is a village of 954 people in 231 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 127th-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 78%, 10 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 947 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712302, served by Dhaniakhali post office; the LGD village code is 324621. The sarpanch is PUSHPA BHANDARI, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 1,125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dipa · this village | 954 | 78% | — |
| Hazipur · Dhaniakhali | 1,702 | 63% | — |
| Kamalpur · Dhaniakhali | 1,488 | 68% | — |
| Simla · Dhaniakhali | 1,337 | 63% | — |
| Purba Banpur · Dhaniakhali | 1,232 | 72% | — |
| Tegachhi Bhabanipur · Dhaniakhali | 1,205 | 70% | — |
| Ghana Shyampur · Dhaniakhali | 1,101 | 73% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dipa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 79.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.62
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dipa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dipa
- LGD code
- 324621
- Pincode
- 712302
- Post office
- Dhaniakhali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 954
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,125
- Households
- 231
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 947
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanekhali
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asima Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUSHPA BHANDARI
- Block / Mandal
- Dhaniakhali
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712302
- SamaspurDhaniakhali mandal4,113 pop
- Mreja NagarDhaniakhali mandal3,729 pop
- RajipurDhaniakhali mandal3,659 pop
- RameswarbatiDhaniakhali mandal3,272 pop
- KonanDhaniakhali mandal3,023 pop
- RudraniDhaniakhali mandal2,694 pop
- DhamaitikarDhaniakhali mandal2,621 pop
- Gete GariDhaniakhali mandal2,574 pop
- Purba KalikapurDhaniakhali mandal2,461 pop
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Other villages named Dipa
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dipa
Other villages in Dhaniakhali mandal
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- Samaspur
- Paschim Gopinathpur
- Dhaniakhali
- Mreja Nagar
- Rajipur
- Palasi
- Bishnupur
- Chautara
- Gangeshnagar
- Kumrul
- Rameswarbati
- Dashghara
- Paschim Narayanpur
- Konan
- Belmuri
- Chopa
- Parambua
- Rudrani
- Barul
- Khanpur
- Habibpur
- Dhamaitikar
- Khajurdaha
- Gete Gari
- Purba Kalikapur
- Dighir
- Ghoshla
- Baidyapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)