Dakshin Dinajpur district

Dakshin Dinajpur district
District
Clockwise from top-left: Dargah of Shah Ata, Panchamukhi Shiva Temple in Aminpur, Manohali Zaimindar Bari, Mounds at Bangarh, Site of Usha and Aniruddha's Marriage
Location of Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Malda
Headquarters	Balurghat
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Balurghat
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kushmandi, Kumarganj, Balurghat, Tapan, Gangarampur, Harirampur
Area
• Total	2,219 km2 (857 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,676,276
• Urban	236,295
Demographics
• Literacy	82.36% (2021)
• Sex ratio	950
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 512
Economy(2021)	2% of GSDP Nominal GSDP per capita = $ 1130 (₹ 81,700) PPP = $ 1530 (₹ 113,220)
Website	ddinajpur.nic.in

Dakshin Dinajpur (Bengali pronunciation: [dokkʰiɳ dinadʒpur]), also known as South Dinajpur, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District.The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It comprises two subdivisions: Balurghat and Gangarampur. According to the 2011 census, it is the third least populous district of West Bengal (out of 23).^[1]