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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Fakirdas is a very small village in Rajnagar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 14 across 2 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.3% and is located at coordinates 23.903°N, 87.381°E with PIN code 731130.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JABA KISKU
Contact: 75****0803
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- LGD code
- 316995
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population
- 14
- Households
- 2
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1800 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 179 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1141 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chinpai · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajnagar BPHC · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Fakirdas compares
By population, Fakirdas ranks #85 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.3%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Fakirdas
- 64.3%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 58.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,800
+838 vs mandal average
- Fakirdas
- 1,800
- Rajnagar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
7.0
+2.7 vs mandal average
- Fakirdas
- 7.0
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Fakirdas at a glance
Fakirdas is a village of 14 people in 2 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 85th-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Birbhum district centre, 6 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 10 km from Chinpai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731130, served by Rajnagar (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316995. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is JABA KISKU, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 16 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Fakirdas
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 89.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Fakirdas
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Key facts — Fakirdas
- LGD code
- 316995
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 14
- Population (projected 2026)
- 16
- Households
- 2
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1800
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.90269°N, 87.38075°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suri
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagannath Chattopadhyay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JABA KISKU
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Fakirdas
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata179 kmcapital
- Delhi1141 km
- Hyderabad1175 km
- Chennai1417 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChinpai10 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর12 km
- Hospital / PHCRajnagar BPHC7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank15 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump15 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management38 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post32 km
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)