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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Muniara is a village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 567 across 130 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.3% (PIN 731303).
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rajendra Prasad Mondal
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- LGD code
- 317484
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population
- 567
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 223
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 149 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1180 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chowhatta · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Labpur Government Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muniara compares
By population, Muniara ranks #109 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
+11.9% vs mandal average
- Muniara
- 74.3%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+59 vs mandal average
- Muniara
- 1,004
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Muniara
- 4.4
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muniara at a glance
Muniara is a village of 567 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 109th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 74%, 12 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Birbhum district centre, 12 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 5 km from Chowhatta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731303, served by Labpur Mastali post office; the LGD village code is 317484. The nearest hospital or health centre is Labpur Government Hospital, 7 km away. 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 634 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muniara · this village | 567 | 74% | — |
| Mahodari · Labpur | 947 | 65% | 0.8 km SE |
| Ekut · Labpur | 989 | 70% | 1.4 km N |
| Tatinapara · Labpur | 759 | 55% | 1.4 km E |
| Dhoadanga · Labpur | 770 | 70% | 1.6 km NW |
| Arazi Suraipur · Sainthia | 349 | 70% | 1.7 km NW |
| Babna · Labpur | 377 | 72% | 2.5 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muniara
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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)
- 65.24
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.13
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Muniara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muniara
- LGD code
- 317484
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 567
- Population (projected 2026)
- 634
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.78063°N, 87.74114°E
- 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
Getting there
How to reach Muniara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata149 kmcapital
- Delhi1180 km
- Hyderabad1197 km
- Chennai1426 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChowhatta5 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand7 km
- Hospital / PHCLabpur Government Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil16 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University12 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station33 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731303
Villages near Muniara
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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)