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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kulara is a village in Murarai-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,449 across 542 households. The village has a literacy rate of 43.7% and PIN code 731221.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TUSHAR RAJBANSHI
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- LGD code
- 316097
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population
- 2,449
- Households
- 542
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 988
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 217 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1160 km
- Nearest railway station
- Banshlai Bridge · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hilora P.H.C. · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kulara compares
By population, Kulara ranks #34 of 71 villages in Murarai - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.7%
−5.4% vs mandal average
- Kulara
- 43.7%
- Murarai - II mandal
- 49.1%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+2 vs mandal average
- Kulara
- 969
- Murarai - II mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kulara
- 4.5
- Murarai - II mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kulara at a glance
Kulara is a village of 2,449 people in 542 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 34th-largest of 71 villages in Murarai - II block. Literacy is 44%, 5 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Bahutali, the nearest town, 7 km from Banshlai Bridge railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731221, served by Paikar post office; the LGD village code is 316097. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hilora P.H.C., 3 km away. The sarpanch is TUSHAR RAJBANSHI, and the village votes in Hansan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk). The population is estimated at 2,887 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulara · this village | 2,449 | 44% | — |
| Kulara · Jaipur | 1,008 | 40% | 0 km N |
| Kulara · Kharagpur - II | 493 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Kulara · Kalna - I | 807 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Chak Panchahar · Murarai - II | 0 | — | 1.4 km S |
| Uttar Ramchandrapur · Contai - III | 598 | 86% | 1.6 km N |
| Uttar Ramchandrapur · Amta - I | 1,985 | 77% | 1.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kulara
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 179.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 26.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kulara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kulara
- LGD code
- 316097
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,449
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,887
- Households
- 542
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.48656°N, 87.93174°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
- TUSHAR RAJBANSHI
- Block / Mandal
- Murarai - II
Getting there
How to reach Kulara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata217 kmcapital
- Delhi1160 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
- Chennai1502 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBanshlai Bridge7 km
- Bus stopUmarpur Bus Stop11 km
- Hospital / PHCHilora P.H.C.3 km
- ATM / bankCentral Cooperative Bank Jangipur13 km
- CollegeJAKIR HOSSAIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY12 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station14 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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Villages near Kulara
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)