Fakirdwip is a village in Phansidewa mandal, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. It has a population of 948 across 182 households with a literacy rate of 37.8%.
By population, Fakirdwip ranks #63 of 113 villages in Phansidewa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Fakirdwip is a village of 948 people in 182 households (Census 2011) in Phansidewa block, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, the 63rd-largest of 113 villages in Phansidewa block. Literacy is 38%, 18 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Darjeeling district centre, 17 km from Lahugaon, the nearest town, 8 km from Naksalbari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 734429, served by Naksalbari post office; the LGD village code is 306693. The nearest hospital or health centre is Navjeevan Hospital and Rural Health Care Centre, 6 km away. The sarpanch is JOHN RAJAN KINDO, and the village votes in Phansidewa assembly constituency, represented by Durga Murmu. The population is estimated at 1,060 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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