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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sankhanad is a small village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 308 across 74 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.9% and is positioned at coordinates 23.836°N, 87.818°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Manjila Mondal
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- LGD code
- 317542
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population
- 308
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 867 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 98
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 151 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1183 km
- Nearest railway station
- Labpur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Labpur Government Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankhanad compares
By population, Sankhanad ranks #136 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
−8.5% vs mandal average
- Sankhanad
- 53.9%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
867
−78 vs mandal average
- Sankhanad
- 867
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Sankhanad
- 4.2
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankhanad at a glance
Sankhanad is a village of 308 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 136th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 54%, 9 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 867 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Birbhum district centre, 4 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 3 km from Labpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731302, served by Kirnahar post office; the LGD village code is 317542. The nearest hospital or health centre is Labpur Government Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Manjila Mondal, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 345 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Labpur-Ii →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankhanad · this village | 308 | 54% | — |
| Kamarmath · Labpur | 920 | 63% | 1.2 km N |
| Babladanga · Labpur | 261 | 84% | 1.7 km E |
| Bakhul · Labpur | 1,341 | 71% | 1.9 km SE |
| Ghattor · Labpur | 1,483 | 64% | 2.2 km W |
| Shahalampur · Labpur | 467 | 38% | 2.3 km E |
| Kuniara · Labpur | 1,176 | 66% | 2.7 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sankhanad
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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)
- 139.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sankhanad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sankhanad
- LGD code
- 317542
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 308
- Population (projected 2026)
- 345
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 867
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.83555°N, 87.81766°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
- Manjila Mondal
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
Getting there
How to reach Sankhanad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata151 kmcapital
- Delhi1183 km
- Hyderabad1207 km
- Chennai1435 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLabpur3 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand3 km
- Hospital / PHCLabpur Government Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University22 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sankhanad
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕FullaraTemple2.2 km ↗
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)