Dhitara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Dhitara
Named places of worship on record
Dhitara is a village in Singur mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,336 in 572 households and a literacy rate of 82.3%. Located at 22.832°N, 88.332°E, the village has multiple hospitals, railway connections, a primary health centre, and a temple. Postal code is 712124.
By population, Dhitara ranks #31 of 100 villages in Singur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhitara is a village of 2,336 people in 572 households (Census 2011) in Singur block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 31st-largest of 100 villages in Singur block. Literacy is 82%, 6 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Hooghly district centre, 10 km from Bara Kamalapur, the nearest town, 1 km from Bhadreshwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712124, served by Bhadreswar post office; the LGD village code is 325549. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhadreswar Municipal Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SIKHA GHOSH, and the village votes in Singur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Kumar Das. The population is estimated at 2,613 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bighati →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhitara · this village | 2,336 | 82% | — |
| Patul.Raghabpur · Singur | 1,234 | 83% | 3.7 km SW |
| Chhinamor · Singur | 3,398 | 80% | 4.5 km SW |
| Khoshalpur · Singur | 632 | 77% | 4.7 km NW |
| Ghosha · Singur | 358 | 82% | 4.5 km W |
| Balitipa · Singur | 812 | 78% | 5.1 km NW |
| Jarura · Polba - Dadpur | 2,041 | 78% | 5.2 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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