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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Heruka is a village in Mohammad Bazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,139 across 510 households. It has a literacy rate of 66.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAXMI BESRA
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- LGD code
- 316898
- Pincode
- 731127
- Post office
- Md.Bazar
- Population
- 2,139
- Households
- 510
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 677
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 174 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1159 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gadadharpur · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Puranagram Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Heruka compares
By population, Heruka ranks #22 of 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
+10.3% vs mandal average
- Heruka
- 66.2%
- Mohammad Bazar mandal
- 55.9%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+47 vs mandal average
- Heruka
- 1,016
- Mohammad Bazar mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Heruka
- 4.2
- Mohammad Bazar mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Heruka at a glance
Heruka is a village of 2,139 people in 510 households (Census 2011) in Mohammad Bazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 22nd-largest of 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar block. Literacy is 66%, 10 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Birbhum district centre, 12 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 6 km from Gadadharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731127, served by Md.Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 316898. The nearest hospital or health centre is Puranagram Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is LAXMI BESRA, and the village votes in Sainthia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Kanta Saha. The population is estimated at 2,393 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Heruka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 188.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 144.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Heruka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Heruka
- LGD code
- 316898
- Pincode
- 731127
- Post office
- Md.Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,139
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,393
- Households
- 510
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.99172°N, 87.64215°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sainthia
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krishna Kanta Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAXMI BESRA
- Block / Mandal
- Mohammad Bazar
Getting there
How to reach Heruka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata174 kmcapital
- Delhi1159 km
- Hyderabad1202 km
- Chennai1440 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGadadharpur6 km
- Hospital / PHCPuranagram Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank15 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump15 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University35 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post56 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731127
- DighalgramMohammad Bazar mandal6,284 pop
- HatgachhaMohammad Bazar mandal5,557 pop
- SonthsalMohammad Bazar mandal4,687 pop
- HaridaspurMohammad Bazar mandal4,494 pop
- BalutiMohammad Bazar mandal4,304 pop
- DhamaraMohammad Bazar mandal3,096 pop
- MahammadbazarMohammad Bazar mandal3,090 pop
- SekeddahaMohammad Bazar mandal3,016 pop
- KomarpurMohammad Bazar mandal2,919 pop
Villages near Heruka
Other villages in Mohammad Bazar mandal
View all 60+ →- Dighalgram
- Hatgachha
- Sonthsal
- Haridaspur
- Baluti
- Angar Garia
- Rautara
- Nischintapur
- Dhamara
- Mahammadbazar
- Sekeddaha
- Komarpur
- Lohabazar
- Ganpur
- Jethia
- Tantulbaria
- Chak Raipur
- Kapasdanga
- Saharakuri
- Darkata
- Khayrakuri
- Kabilpur
- Maladanga
- Puranagram
- Chanda
- Kabilnagar
- Kharia
- Deucha
- Alinagar
- Sahnagar
- Baliharpur
- Bara Bataspur
- Kaijuli
- Baidyanathpur
- Karaia Gopalnagar
- Rajyadharpur
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)