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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kendishta is a village in Murarai II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,294 across 562 households and a literacy rate of 43.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAKIBA KHATUN
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- LGD code
- 316120
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population
- 2,294
- Households
- 562
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 734
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 206 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1165 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chatra · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Paikar Rural Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kendishta compares
By population, Kendishta ranks #38 of 71 villages in Murarai - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−5.6% vs mandal average
Kendishta43.5%
Murarai - II mandal49.1%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−29 vs mandal average
Kendishta938
Murarai - II mandal967
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Kendishta4.1
Murarai - II mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kendishta at a glance
Kendishta is a village of 2,294 people in 562 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 38th-largest of 71 villages in Murarai - II block. Literacy is 44%, 6 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Birbhum district centre, 5 km from Jeshtha Bhabanipur, the nearest town, 8 km from Chatra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731221, served by Paikar post office; the LGD village code is 316120. The nearest hospital or health centre is Paikar Rural Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is RAKIBA KHATUN, and the village votes in Hansan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk). The population is estimated at 2,566 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kendishta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 257.79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 209.31
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kendishta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kendishta
- LGD code
- 316120
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,294
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,566
- Households
- 562
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.37940°N, 87.92867°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hansan
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAKIBA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Murarai - II
Getting there
How to reach Kendishta
Nearest town · 15,154 people
Jeshtha Bhabanipur · ≈ 5.1 km
≈ 10 min by car · 12 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata206 kmcapital
- Delhi1165 km
- Hyderabad1251 km
- Chennai1492 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChatra8 km
- Bus stopUmarpur Bus Stop14 km
- Hospital / PHCPaikar Rural Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank16 km
- CollegeJAKIR HOSSAIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY15 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station17 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731221
- MitrapurMurarai - II mandal15,452 pop
- PaikarMurarai - II mandal12,250 pop
- RudranagarMurarai - II mandal10,756 pop
- KathiaMurarai - II mandal8,465 pop
- JijigramMurarai - II mandal6,977 pop
- DanturaMurarai - II mandal6,870 pop
- MakhlispurMurarai - II mandal6,373 pop
- Math BasoriMurarai - II mandal6,343 pop
- AmdolMurarai - II mandal5,976 pop
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)