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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Raypur is a village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 874 across 218 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.9% and is located at coordinates 23.805°N, 87.841°E with PIN code 731201.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAITALI DAS BAIRAGYA
Contact: 70****8458
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- LGD code
- 317462
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population
- 874
- Households
- 218
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 864 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 318
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 147 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1187 km
- Nearest railway station
- Labpur · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Labpur Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Raypur compares
By population, Raypur ranks #72 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+8.5% vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 70.9%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
864
−81 vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 864
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 4.0
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raypur at a glance
Raypur is a village of 874 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 72nd-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 71%, 9 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Birbhum district centre, 8 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 4 km from Labpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731201, served by Ahmadpur post office; the LGD village code is 317462. The nearest hospital or health centre is Labpur Government Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is CHAITALI DAS BAIRAGYA, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 1,030 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hatia →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raypur · this village | 874 | 71% | — |
| Sibpur · Mayureswar - II | 150 | 83% | 0 km N |
| Dadpur · Mayureswar - II | 613 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Monachitura · Labpur | 514 | 70% | 0.7 km NW |
| Lohadda · Labpur | 1,110 | 71% | 1.2 km SW |
| Arazi Chandapur · Labpur | 0 | — | 1.9 km N |
| Dula Sahapur · Labpur | 622 | 63% | 1.9 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raypur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 81.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raypur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raypur
- LGD code
- 317462
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,030
- Households
- 218
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 864
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.80455°N, 87.84056°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
- CHAITALI DAS BAIRAGYA
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
Getting there
How to reach Raypur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata147 kmcapital
- Delhi1187 km
- Hyderabad1207 km
- Chennai1434 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLabpur4 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand4 km
- Hospital / PHCLabpur Government Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University21 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station37 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Raypur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕FullaraTemple3.3 km ↗
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Villages near Raypur
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)