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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Malsa is a village in Rampurhat-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 274 across 76 households. The village has a literacy rate of 69.3%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sumitra Let
Contact: 99****9785
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- LGD code
- 316344
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population
- 274
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Sex ratio
- 851 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 143
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 182 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1163 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mallarpur · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tarapur Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malsa compares
By population, Malsa ranks #104 of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.3%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Malsa
- 69.3%
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 63.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
851
−112 vs mandal average
- Malsa
- 851
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Malsa
- 3.6
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malsa at a glance
Malsa is a village of 274 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 104th-largest of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I block. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 851 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Birbhum district centre, 10 km from Margram, the nearest town, 5 km from Mallarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731233, served by Chandipur Tarapith post office; the LGD village code is 316344. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tarapur Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Sumitra Let, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 306 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malsa · this village | 274 | 69% | — |
| Guru Chandrapur · Mayureswar - I | 164 | 73% | 1.5 km SE |
| Chhatma Dangal · Rampurhat - I | 1,505 | 63% | 1.9 km NW |
| Atla · Rampurhat - I | 3,398 | 65% | 2.6 km E |
| Teldaha · Rampurhat - I | 837 | 67% | 2.8 km W |
| Erazi Goala · Mayureswar - I | 0 | — | 3.1 km SW |
| Binora · Rampurhat - I | 397 | 64% | 3.3 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- 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)
- 41.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 27
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malsa
- LGD code
- 316344
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population (Census 2011)
- 274
- Population (projected 2026)
- 306
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 851
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.11029°N, 87.75739°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sumitra Let
- Block / Mandal
- Rampurhat - I
Getting there
How to reach Malsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata182 kmcapital
- Delhi1163 km
- Hyderabad1219 km
- Chennai1457 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMallarpur5 km
- Bus stopKhargram Vill Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCTarapur Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankBank of India, Khargram24 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump33 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College33 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station50 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Malsa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Tarapith TempleTemple4.0 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731233
- AyasRampurhat - I mandal8,906 pop
- TarachuaRampurhat - I mandal6,276 pop
- Bagtui (P)Rampurhat - I mandal5,095 pop
- 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
Villages near Malsa
Other villages in Rampurhat - I mandal
View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)