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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ruhida is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It has a population of 399 in 90 households with a literacy rate of 72.2%. The village is located at coordinates 24.028°N, 87.260°E and uses PIN code 731130.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TAPASI MONDAL SAHA
Contact: 98****6600
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- LGD code
- 316913
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population
- 399
- Households
- 90
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 184
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 197 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1123 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kurwa · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajnagar BPHC · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ruhida compares
By population, Ruhida ranks #58 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.2%
+13.6% vs mandal average
- Ruhida
- 72.2%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 58.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−34 vs mandal average
- Ruhida
- 928
- Rajnagar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Ruhida
- 4.4
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ruhida at a glance
Ruhida is a village of 399 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 58th-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 72%, 14 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Birbhum district centre, 17 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 25 km from Kurwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731130, served by Rajnagar (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316913. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 11 km away. The sarpanch is TAPASI MONDAL SAHA, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 446 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhida · this village | 399 | 72% | — |
| Kuralmatia · Rajnagar | 583 | 34% | 1.6 km NW |
| Mursabani · Rajnagar | 492 | 54% | 2.3 km E |
| Murgathali · Rajnagar | 805 | 38% | 2.4 km SE |
| Murgathali · Dumka | 130 | 45% | 2.4 km SE |
| Ashna · Rajnagar | 590 | 54% | 3.5 km SE |
| Bara · Tarhasi | 264 | 71% | 3.9 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ruhida
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 63.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ruhida
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ruhida
- LGD code
- 316913
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 446
- Households
- 90
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.02769°N, 87.25962°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suri
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagannath Chattopadhyay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TAPASI MONDAL SAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Ruhida
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata197 kmcapital
- Delhi1123 km
- Hyderabad1173 km
- Chennai1422 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKurwa25 km
- Hospital / PHCRajnagar BPHC11 km
- ATM / bankSBI Main Branch26 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump30 km
- CollegeDeshbandhu Mahavidyalaya42 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post42 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)