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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tyagra is a village in Tarakeswar mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,783 across 620 households. It has a literacy rate of 70.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jyotsna Sil
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- LGD code
- 324472
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population
- 2,783
- Households
- 620
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,025
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 46 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1167 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bahir Khanda · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tarakeswar Rural Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tyagra compares
By population, Tyagra ranks #19 of 90 villages in Tarakeswar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Tyagra
- 70.9%
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 72.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
+3 vs mandal average
- Tyagra
- 960
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Tyagra
- 4.5
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tyagra at a glance
Tyagra is a village of 2,783 people in 620 households (Census 2011) in Tarakeswar block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 19th-largest of 90 villages in Tarakeswar block. Literacy is 71%, 1 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Hooghly district centre, 24 km from Chinra, the nearest town, 3 km from Bahir Khanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712410, served by Tarakeswar post office; the LGD village code is 324472. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tarakeswar Rural Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Jyotsna Sil, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 3,113 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Purbaramnagar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyagra · this village | 2,783 | 71% | — |
| Aligari · Tarakeswar | 804 | 71% | 1.4 km NW |
| Pratiharpur · Tarakeswar | 1,382 | 64% | 1.5 km S |
| Purba Ramnagar · Tarakeswar | 7,759 | 73% | 1.8 km W |
| Bajitpur (P) · Tarakeswar | 2,473 | 77% | 2.5 km NW |
| Adangachhi · Tarakeswar | 771 | 69% | 2.6 km S |
| Chak Dumur · Haripal | 1,273 | 64% | 2.9 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tyagra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 158.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 83.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tyagra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tyagra
- LGD code
- 324472
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,783
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,113
- Households
- 620
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.85679°N, 88.03654°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haripal
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhumita Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jyotsna Sil
- Block / Mandal
- Tarakeswar
Getting there
How to reach Tyagra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata46 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1167 km
- Delhi1258 km
- Chennai1361 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBahir Khanda3 km
- Bus stopMayapur Bus Stop18 km
- Hospital / PHCTarakeswar Rural Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankPNB (Panjab National Bank) Tarakeswar Branch4 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum16 km
- CollegeVidyasagar mahua vidyalaya21 km
- Police stationTarakeswar Police Station4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Tyagra
6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Tyagra
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Tarakeswar High SchoolHigh school3.6 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712410
- SoalukPursura mandal9,196 pop
- Purba RamnagarTarakeswar mandal7,759 pop
- ShyampurPursura mandal6,719 pop
- BaligariTarakeswar mandal5,845 pop
- TalpurTarakeswar mandal5,389 pop
- Bhanjipur (P)Tarakeswar mandal4,433 pop
- SantoshpurTarakeswar mandal4,063 pop
- MirzapurTarakeswar mandal3,909 pop
- Paschim GopinathpurDhaniakhali mandal3,825 pop
Villages near Tyagra
Other villages in Tarakeswar mandal
View all 60+ →- Chanpadanga
- Purba Ramnagar
- Astara
- Moktarpur
- Baligari
- Talpur
- Bhanjipur (P)
- Santoshpur
- Binagram
- Mirzapur
- Laskarpur
- Naita
- Jaynagar
- Chandur
- Ayampahar Pur
- Teghari
- Baidyapur
- Ramnarayanpur
- Keshabchak
- Hauli
- Bajitpur (P)
- Bishnubati
- Madpur
- Nachhipur
- Makrar
- Malpaharpur
- Aknapur
- Gauribati
- Gure
- Kanraria
- Ketera
- Kulteghari
- Bhimpur
- Mujpur
- Bagbari
- Bamunpara
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- 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)