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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Monai is a village in Sainthia mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, situated at 23.976°N, 87.670°E. It has a population of 954 residents across 231 households with a literacy rate of 50.6%. PIN code 731234.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKU BITTAR
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- LGD code
- 317223
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population
- 954
- Households
- 231
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 470
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 171 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1163 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sainthia Junction · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Kundala · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Monai compares
By population, Monai ranks #68 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.6%
−12.9% vs mandal average
- Monai
- 50.6%
- Sainthia mandal
- 63.5%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+38 vs mandal average
- Monai
- 988
- Sainthia mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Monai
- 4.1
- Sainthia mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Monai at a glance
Monai is a village of 954 people in 231 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 68th-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 51%, 13 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 3 km from Sainthia Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731234, served by Sainthia post office; the LGD village code is 317223. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Kundala, 3 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 1,067 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Monai
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 215.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 89
- Forest area (ha)
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Monai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Monai
- LGD code
- 317223
- Pincode
- 731234
- Post office
- Sainthia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 954
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,067
- Households
- 231
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.97603°N, 87.67046°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 Monai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata171 kmcapital
- Delhi1163 km
- Hyderabad1203 km
- Chennai1440 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSainthia Junction3 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Kundala3 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump17 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University33 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station56 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Monai
1 Temple, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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
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- Kusumjatra
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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)