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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Narottampur is a village in Murarai-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 3,594 across 810 households. The village has a literacy rate of 38.5% and PIN code 731221.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAJIMUDDIN SK
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- LGD code
- 316093
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population
- 3,594
- Households
- 810
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,343
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 219 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1158 km
- Nearest railway station
- Banshlai Bridge · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kathia Edrakpur Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Narottampur compares
By population, Narottampur ranks #20 of 71 villages in Murarai - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.5%
−10.6% vs mandal average
Narottampur38.5%
Murarai - II mandal49.1%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−34 vs mandal average
Narottampur933
Murarai - II mandal967
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
Narottampur4.4
Murarai - II mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Narottampur at a glance
Narottampur is a village of 3,594 people in 810 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 20th-largest of 71 villages in Murarai - II block. Literacy is 39%, 11 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Bahutali, the nearest town, 6 km from Banshlai Bridge railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731221, served by Paikar post office; the LGD village code is 316093. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kathia Edrakpur Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is NAJIMUDDIN SK, and the village votes in Hansan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sk). The population is estimated at 4,237 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Narottampur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 235.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Narottampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Narottampur
- LGD code
- 316093
- Pincode
- 731221
- Post office
- Paikar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,594
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,237
- Households
- 810
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.49812°N, 87.91479°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
- NAJIMUDDIN SK
- Block / Mandal
- Murarai - II
Getting there
How to reach Narottampur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata219 kmcapital
- Delhi1158 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
- Chennai1502 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBanshlai Bridge6 km
- Bus stopUmarpur Bus Stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCKathia Edrakpur Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankCentral Cooperative Bank Jangipur15 km
- CollegeJAKIR HOSSAIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY14 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station16 km
Same pincode
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- 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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- 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, 2026-09-25
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