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Nohna observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Nohna
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Illambazar mandal is Budhha Statue. No temple of this dedication is on record within Nohna itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Nohna is a village in Illambazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. With a population of 1,582 across 334 households, it has a literacy rate of 59.7%. The village is located at coordinates 23.630°N, 87.493°E and operates under PIN 731214.
By population, Nohna ranks #32 of 133 villages in Illambazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nohna is a village of 1,582 people in 334 households (Census 2011) in Illambazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 32nd-largest of 133 villages in Illambazar block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Birbhum district centre, 23 km from Mankar, the nearest town, 21 km from Panagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731214, served by Illambazar post office; the LGD village code is 317982. The nearest hospital or health centre is Illambazar Rural Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is TAPAN KUMAR SARKAR, and the village votes in Bolpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandranath Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,770 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghurisha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nohna · this village | 1,582 | 60% | — |
| Dumrui · Illambazar | 1,143 | 70% | 1.2 km NW |
| Paschim Pratappur · Illambazar | 466 | 59% | 1.6 km SE |
| Kshudrapur · Illambazar | 959 | 73% | 2.3 km SW |
| Dhulpur · Illambazar | 178 | 57% | 2.7 km W |
| Payer · Illambazar | 2,385 | 61% | 2.8 km E |
| Payer · Chambang Circle | 79 | 0% | 2.8 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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