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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amrapalan is a village in Suri-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, located at coordinates 23.890°N, 87.499°E. The village has a population of 252 residents across 59 households, with a literacy rate of 60.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUBAL CHANDARA DUTTA
Contact: 86****6546
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- LGD code
- 317051
- Pincode
- 731102
- Post office
- Hatjanbazar
- Population
- 252
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 107
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 171 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1152 km
- Nearest railway station
- Siuri · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Chakdaha · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amrapalan compares
By population, Amrapalan ranks #87 of 112 villages in Suri - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.7%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Amrapalan60.7%
Suri - I mandal62.4%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−49 vs mandal average
Amrapalan909
Suri - I mandal958
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
Amrapalan4.3
Suri - I mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amrapalan at a glance
Amrapalan is a village of 252 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Suri - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 87th-largest of 112 villages in Suri - I block. Literacy is 61%, 2 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Birbhum district centre, 18 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 3 km from Siuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731102, served by Hatjanbazar post office; the LGD village code is 317051. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Chakdaha, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SUBAL CHANDARA DUTTA, and the village votes in Sainthia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Kanta Saha. The population is estimated at 282 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amrapalan
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amrapalan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amrapalan
- LGD code
- 317051
- Pincode
- 731102
- Post office
- Hatjanbazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 252
- Population (projected 2026)
- 282
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.88974°N, 87.49876°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sainthia
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krishna Kanta Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUBAL CHANDARA DUTTA
- Block / Mandal
- Suri - I
Getting there
How to reach Amrapalan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata171 kmcapital
- Delhi1152 km
- Hyderabad1184 km
- Chennai1422 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSiuri3 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর16 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Chakdaha<1 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank3 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump3 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University30 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post38 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Amrapalan
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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- Dhulla
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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)