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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Keora is a village in Sainthia mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 565 across 137 households and a literacy rate of 69%. The village is located at coordinates 23.823°N, 87.609°E and falls under postal code 731201.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJKUMAR DOM
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- LGD code
- 317419
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population
- 565
- Households
- 137
- Literacy rate
- 69%
- Sex ratio
- 1062 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 272
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 159 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1166 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ahmadpur Junction · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Iswarpur Rural Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Keora compares
By population, Keora ranks #128 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.0%
+5.5% vs mandal average
- Keora
- 69.0%
- Sainthia mandal
- 63.5%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,062
+112 vs mandal average
- Keora
- 1,062
- Sainthia mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Keora
- 4.1
- Sainthia mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keora at a glance
Keora is a village of 565 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 128th-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Birbhum district centre, 21 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 9 km from Ahmadpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731201, served by Ahmadpur post office; the LGD village code is 317419. The nearest hospital or health centre is Iswarpur Rural Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is RAJKUMAR DOM, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 632 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keora
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 118.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 84.17
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Keora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Keora
- LGD code
- 317419
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 565
- Population (projected 2026)
- 632
- Households
- 137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1062
- Literacy rate
- 69.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.82262°N, 87.60876°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
- RAJKUMAR DOM
- Block / Mandal
- Sainthia
Getting there
How to reach Keora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata159 kmcapital
- Delhi1166 km
- Hyderabad1188 km
- Chennai1422 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAhmadpur Junction9 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand19 km
- Hospital / PHCIswarpur Rural Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump13 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University18 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station41 km
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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)