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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhakuria is a village in Hanskhali mandal, Nadia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,653 across 422 households and a literacy rate of 69.3%. The village has multiple temples, shops, restaurants, bus stops, and a primary health centre nearby.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MRITTIKA BISWAS
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- LGD code
- 321835
- Pincode
- 741121
- Post office
- Badkulla
- Population
- 1,653
- Households
- 422
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 580
- Distance to district centre
- 96 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 84 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 7 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1179 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhakuria · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- RG Stone Urology And Laparoscopy Hospital, Kolkata · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhakuria compares
By population, Dhakuria ranks #47 of 78 villages in Hanskhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.3%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Dhakuria
- 69.3%
- Hanskhali mandal
- 71.0%
- Nadia district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+39 vs mandal average
- Dhakuria
- 966
- Hanskhali mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Dhakuria
- 3.9
- Hanskhali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhakuria at a glance
Dhakuria is a village of 1,653 people in 422 households (Census 2011) in Hanskhali block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 47th-largest of 78 villages in Hanskhali block. Literacy is 69%, 2 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 96 km from the Nadia district centre, 6 km from Balia, the nearest town, under 1 km from Dhakuria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 741121, served by Badkulla post office; the LGD village code is 321835. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, primary health centre, bank. The sarpanch is MRITTIKA BISWAS, and the village votes in Ranaghat Uttar Paschim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu). The population is estimated at 1,949 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhakuria
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 2
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 102.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 29.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhakuria
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhakuria
- LGD code
- 321835
- Pincode
- 741121
- Post office
- Badkulla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,653
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,949
- Households
- 422
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.50726°N, 88.36733°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
- Member of Parliament
- Jagannath Sarkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MRITTIKA BISWAS
- Block / Mandal
- Hanskhali
- Nearest PHC
- Jodhpur Park Nursing and Maternity Home Pvt Ltd (0.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Dhakuria (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhakuria
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata7 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1179 km
- Delhi1308 km
- Chennai1353 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhakuria<1 km
- Bus stopDhakuria<1 km
- Hospital / PHCRG Stone Urology And Laparoscopy Hospital, Kolkata<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India<1 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum2 km
- CollegeIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science main gate (Raman Gate)<1 km
- Police stationJadavpur Police Station<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Dhakuriaunder 1 km
- Railway station
- Dhakuriaunder 1 km
- Health centre
- RG Stone Urology And Laparoscopy Hospital, Kolkataunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dhakuria
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dhakuria
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Jadavpur VidyapithSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫South City International SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science main gate (Raman Gate)College<1 km ↗
- 🏫Jadavpur N.K. Pal Adarsha SikshayatanSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Jadavpur University Gate 3College1.1 km ↗
- 🎓Nava Nalanda High SchoolHigh school1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Adarsha Balika ShikshayatanSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Shishu Siksha NiketanSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🎓Electrical Engineering DepartmentCollege1.3 km ↗
- 🎓High Tension LaboratoryCollege1.3 km ↗
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Villages near Dhakuria
Other villages in Hanskhali mandal
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- Paschim Harindanga
- Itabaria
- Gazna
- Betna
- Mamjoani
- Purba Khamar Simulia
- Ramnagar
- Hanskhali
- Umarpur
- Ulasi
- Bayardengi
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- Kautaknagar
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)