Dafahat is a census town in the Suti II CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

[1] According to the map of Suti II CD block in the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Dafahat, Jagtaj, Debipur, Aurangabad, Hafania, Mahendrapur, Paschim Punropara, Bhabki, Khidirpur, Khanpur, Ichhlampur, Chakmeghoan and Kakramari, form a cluster of census towns.

The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand.

[5] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).

[7][8] According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision.

Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 TB hospital/ clinic, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 3 medicine shops.

[17] Suti II CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination.