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Ranipathar observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Ranipathar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Khoyrasol mandal is nakrakonda colony durga mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ranipathar 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.
Ranipathar is a village in Khoyrasol mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 3,753 distributed among 827 households. The literacy rate stands at 48.6%, and the village is located at 23.759°N, 87.308°E.
By population, Ranipathar ranks #5 of 170 villages in Khoyrasol mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranipathar is a village of 3,753 people in 827 households (Census 2011) in Khoyrasol block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 5th-largest of 170 villages in Khoyrasol block. Literacy is 49%, 11 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Birbhum district centre, 14 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 3 km from Panchra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731125, served by Khoyrasole post office; the LGD village code is 318403. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dubrajpur Rural Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ASMA BIBI, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 4,198 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Panchra →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranipathar · this village | 3,753 | 49% | — |
| Amajola · Khoyrasol | 1,035 | 46% | 0.6 km N |
| Chak Derola · Khoyrasol | 0 | — | 1.1 km S |
| Chak Dakai · Khoyrasol | 128 | 62% | 1.2 km W |
| Simjuri · Khoyrasol | 213 | 66% | 1.5 km S |
| Panchra · Khoyrasol | 3,412 | 73% | 1.7 km SE |
| Bibharpur · Khoyrasol | 263 | 34% | 1.8 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.
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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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