Dalkhola is situated in the district of Uttar Dinajpur. Its Geographical position is such that it is situated in the lower part of North Bengal and located on NH-34 and junction point of NH-34 and NH-31 at a distance of 45 km. from Raiganj. Dalkhola is adjacent to the State of Bihar. It is transferred Territory from the State of Bihar. It is situated at the northern side of Raiganj. The sub divisional headquarter is Islampur. It lies between latitude 250 09”N to 26047”N & longitude 87047”E to 90000”E.It is surrounded by Bihar in West and southern part of the municipal area. It encloses by Bangladesh on east & some part of Karandighi block, Kishanganj on the north .It is well connected with rest of the state through National highway, Railways. It has a very close linkage with the urban area of Purina. It is well connected with both the state capital Kolkata and the neighbouring state capital Patna both through road and railways. Dalkhola has a business potentiality. Jute business is remarkable here.

Topography and Climate
The municipal area is a plain land.  Soil is clay humus. The climate of this Municipality is characterised by hot-summer with high Humidity, abundant Rainfall & cold winde. The municipality is having annual rainfall of 3736mm/annum and the temperature varies from 35oC (max) and 7oC (min). The summer begins from April, Monsoon starts from June & last still September. December& January are the coldest month.

Socio Cultural facilities
There are twelve Primary schools & four having with Secondary facility – Dalkhola High School,Uttar Dalkhola High School, Dalkhola Girls’ High School, Dalkhola Hindi High School(Jr). Now first 3 schools consequently upgraded to Higher Secondary category. The higher education system in the town is little but resourceful. Students of these schools play stellar roles in every aspect. Also there is a college called Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya College. There is only health facility are provided by PHC (Primary Health Center).

Railway Connection
Dalkhola Railway station which is a part of Eastern Railway is situated in Dalkhola Municipal area. This is going to be a model railway station under railway board project. This is one of the important stations with respect to connection of West Bengal with rest of States Patna, Kolkata, Ranchi ,Gwahati and Delhi

Road
National Highway 31 (NH-31) & 34 (NH-34) are two main roads crossing through Dalkhola which is being connected with rest of the States. Four lane Pucca road is being constructed to improve transport and communication facilities with east and north-east part of India. Pucca road has connected the villages with the small town.

Port and Air:
Airport is Bagdogra which is 122 km and port is Kolkata Khidirport port which is 528 km away.