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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rajendra Prasad Mondal
Contact: 62****7435
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- LGD code
- 317487
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population
- 309
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 148
Census 2011 · in context
How Altor compares
By population, Altor ranks #135 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.3%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Altor
- 55.3%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
+11 vs mandal average
- Altor
- 956
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Altor
- 4.1
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Altor at a glance
Altor is a village of 309 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 135th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 55%, 7 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731303, served by Labpur Mastali post office; the LGD village code is 317487. The sarpanch is Rajendra Prasad Mondal, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altor · this village | 309 | 55% | — |
| Ekut · Labpur | 989 | 70% | — |
| Mahodari · Labpur | 947 | 65% | — |
| Dakshin Kanaipur · Labpur | 782 | 66% | — |
| Dhoadanga · Labpur | 770 | 70% | — |
| Tatinapara · Labpur | 759 | 55% | — |
| Arar · Labpur | 731 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Altor
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- 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
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 54.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.67
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Altor
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Altor
- LGD code
- 317487
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 309
- Population (projected 2026)
- 364
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rajendra Prasad Mondal
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)