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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AIJI KHATUN
Contact: 99****9999
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- LGD code
- 316368
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population
- 2,892
- Households
- 662
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 964
Census 2011 · in context
How Banhat compares
By population, Banhat ranks #18 of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+2.0% vs mandal average
Banhat65.6%
Rampurhat - I mandal63.6%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
−19 vs mandal average
Banhat944
Rampurhat - I mandal963
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Banhat4.4
Rampurhat - I mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banhat at a glance
Banhat is a village of 2,892 people in 662 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 18th-largest of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I block. Literacy is 66%, 2 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731233, served by Chandipur Tarapith post office; the LGD village code is 316368. The sarpanch is AIJI KHATUN, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 3,410 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banhat
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 237.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 140
- Forest area (ha)
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banhat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banhat
- LGD code
- 316368
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,892
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,410
- Households
- 662
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AIJI KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Rampurhat - I
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731233
- AyasRampurhat - I mandal8,906 pop
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- RamrampurRampurhat - I mandal5,095 pop
- KashtagaraRampurhat - I mandal4,529 pop
- RadipurRampurhat - I mandal4,111 pop
- AtlaRampurhat - I mandal3,398 pop
- EkparaRampurhat - I mandal3,367 pop
- BarshalRampurhat - I mandal3,148 pop
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)