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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chhora is a village in Khoyrasol mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It has a population of 925 across 216 households with a literacy rate of 73.9%. The village is located at 23.821°N, 87.309°E with PIN code 731123.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SWAPAN BAGDI
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- LGD code
- 318322
- Pincode
- 731123
- Post office
- Dubrajpur
- Population
- 925
- Households
- 216
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 323
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 176 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1139 km
- Nearest railway station
- Panchra · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Glocal Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhora compares
By population, Chhora ranks #63 of 170 villages in Khoyrasol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.9%
+14.0% vs mandal average
- Chhora
- 73.9%
- Khoyrasol mandal
- 59.9%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
+27 vs mandal average
- Chhora
- 964
- Khoyrasol mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Chhora
- 4.3
- Khoyrasol mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhora at a glance
Chhora is a village of 925 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Khoyrasol block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 63rd-largest of 170 villages in Khoyrasol block. Literacy is 74%, 14 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 6 km from Panchra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731123, served by Dubrajpur post office; the LGD village code is 318322. The nearest hospital or health centre is Glocal Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SWAPAN BAGDI, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 1,091 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 62.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhora
- LGD code
- 318322
- Pincode
- 731123
- Post office
- Dubrajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 925
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,091
- Households
- 216
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 73.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.82147°N, 87.30855°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dubrajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anup Kumar Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SWAPAN BAGDI
- Block / Mandal
- Khoyrasol
Getting there
How to reach Chhora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata176 kmcapital
- Delhi1139 km
- Hyderabad1164 km
- Chennai1405 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPanchra6 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর9 km
- Hospital / PHCGlocal Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump24 km
- CollegeB.C. Roy College of polytecnic33 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post21 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chhora
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Balajuri Khageswarnath Shiva templeTemple3.1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731123
- Bara BanKhoyrasol mandal3,845 pop
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- LahagramDubrajpur mandal3,275 pop
- KendulaDubrajpur mandal3,232 pop
- KukutiaDubrajpur mandal2,743 pop
- Khoj MahammadpurDubrajpur mandal2,652 pop
- HetampurDubrajpur mandal2,388 pop
- GokruiDubrajpur mandal2,383 pop
- GanraDubrajpur mandal2,152 pop
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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)