Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Major Government Push for Farmers Amid Floods and Natural Calamity: West Bengal Ranks Second Nationally in Crop Insurance
Reported by Hindusthan Samachar English.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Behira is a village in Sainthia mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 472 across 101 households. The literacy rate is 47.2%. The village is situated at coordinates 23.949°N, 87.551°E.
RB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKU BITTAR
Contact: 97****2296
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Behira can update it.
- LGD code
- 317226
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population
- 472
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 234
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 174 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1154 km
- Nearest railway station
- Siuri · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Indralok Speciality Centre · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Behira compares
By population, Behira ranks #143 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
−16.3% vs mandal average
- Behira
- 47.2%
- Sainthia mandal
- 63.5%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+59 vs mandal average
- Behira
- 1,009
- Sainthia mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Behira
- 4.7
- Sainthia mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behira at a glance
Behira is a village of 472 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 143rd-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 47%, 16 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Birbhum district centre, 22 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 7 km from Siuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731234, served by Sainthia post office; the LGD village code is 317226. The nearest hospital or health centre is Indralok Speciality Centre, 4 km away. The sarpanch is RINKU BITTAR, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 556 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Horisara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 5/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the village
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Behira
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 44.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Behira
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Behira
- LGD code
- 317226
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 472
- Population (projected 2026)
- 556
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.94889°N, 87.55093°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Labpur
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Debasis Ojha (Haku Da)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINKU BITTAR
- Block / Mandal
- Sainthia
Getting there
How to reach Behira
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata174 kmcapital
- Delhi1154 km
- Hyderabad1192 km
- Chennai1431 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSiuri7 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর24 km
- Hospital / PHCIndralok Speciality Centre4 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank5 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump5 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University33 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post46 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Behira
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bhabatarini Kali templeTemple4.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731234
- AmuaSainthia mandal4,398 pop
- MatpalshaSainthia mandal3,756 pop
- Uttar SijaSainthia mandal3,181 pop
- RangaipurSainthia mandal2,965 pop
- NanubazarSainthia mandal2,554 pop
- HarpalsaSainthia mandal2,403 pop
- MahishdahariSainthia mandal2,320 pop
- Paschim NaoaparaSainthia mandal2,288 pop
- PaharpurSainthia mandal2,247 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Behira
Looking for a different Behira? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Behira →
Villages near Behira
Other villages in Sainthia mandal
View all 60+ →- Amua
- Matpalsha
- Kunuri
- Uttar Sija
- Rangaipur
- Rasaipur
- Kuchighata
- Balsunda
- Kagas
- Nanubazar
- Bhagabatipur
- Deoash
- Iswarpur
- Harpalsa
- Mahishdahari
- Bhalian
- Paschim Naoapara
- Paharpur
- Hatara
- Derpur
- Kanturi
- Jiui
- Bharamarkol
- Kurumsaha
- Dakshin Sija
- Digha
- Uttar Bamnigaon
- Uttar Kanaipur
- Purba Siur
- Mallikpur
- Palashdanga
- Salchapra
- Kherua
- Kusumjatra
- Paschim Sahapur
- Bataspur
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)