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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dechandra is a village in Dubrajpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. The population is 486 in 109 households, with a literacy rate of 66.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PIU SAHA
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- LGD code
- 318111
- Pincode
- 731104
- Post office
- Bk.T.P.P
- Population
- 486
- Households
- 109
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 855 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 165 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1154 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kachujor · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Batikar Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dechandra compares
By population, Dechandra ranks #131 of 226 villages in Dubrajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+7.5% vs mandal average
- Dechandra
- 66.7%
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 59.2%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
855
−97 vs mandal average
- Dechandra
- 855
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
- Dechandra
- 4.5
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dechandra at a glance
Dechandra is a village of 486 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Dubrajpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 131st-largest of 226 villages in Dubrajpur block. Literacy is 67%, 8 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 855 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Birbhum district centre, 17 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 4 km from Kachujor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731104, served by Bk.T.P.P post office; the LGD village code is 318111. The nearest hospital or health centre is Batikar Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is PIU SAHA, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 544 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dechandra · this village | 486 | 67% | — |
| Teliadangal · Dubrajpur | 349 | 60% | 0.9 km NE |
| Mandarhati · Dubrajpur | 94 | 42% | 1.3 km E |
| Bishalpur · Dubrajpur | 987 | 61% | 1.6 km SW |
| Purba Pratappur · Dubrajpur | 0 | — | 1.7 km SE |
| Buzrurchandra · Dubrajpur | 546 | 75% | 1.8 km N |
| Maathabera · Dubrajpur | 1,476 | 71% | 1.9 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dechandra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 135.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dechandra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dechandra
- LGD code
- 318111
- Pincode
- 731104
- Post office
- Bk.T.P.P
- Population (Census 2011)
- 486
- Population (projected 2026)
- 544
- Households
- 109
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 855
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.80380°N, 87.46960°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dubrajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anup Kumar Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PIU SAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Dubrajpur
Getting there
How to reach Dechandra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata165 kmcapital
- Delhi1154 km
- Hyderabad1176 km
- Chennai1413 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKachujor4 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর8 km
- Hospital / PHCBatikar Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump13 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management24 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post29 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)