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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bashara is a village in Bamangola mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 518 across 117 households. The literacy rate is 45.2%, and the village is located at 25.129°N, 88.331°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONAMUNI TUDU
Contact: 81****1467
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- LGD code
- 312890
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 518
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Sex ratio
- 843 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 228
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 284 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1169 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahanagar · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jogomaya Polyclinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bashara compares
By population, Bashara ranks #94 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.2%
−15.2% vs mandal average
- Bashara
- 45.2%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
843
−100 vs mandal average
- Bashara
- 843
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bashara
- 4.4
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bashara at a glance
Bashara is a village of 518 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 94th-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 45%, 15 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 843 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Malda district centre, 13 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 15 km from Mahanagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312890. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jogomaya Polyclinic, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SONAMUNI TUDU. The population is estimated at 579 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pakuahat →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bashara · this village | 518 | 45% | — |
| Harinandanbati · Bamangola | 1,739 | 51% | 1.1 km W |
| Barinda · Bamangola | 651 | 54% | 1.6 km N |
| Bujurkhali · Bamangola | 1,628 | 44% | 1.6 km S |
| Biprabati · Bamangola | 466 | 56% | 2.1 km SE |
| Mahupaul · Bamangola | 310 | 56% | 2.1 km E |
| Purba Bilahora · Gazole | 1,107 | 61% | 2.3 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bashara
- 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)
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 92.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bashara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bashara
- LGD code
- 312890
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 518
- Population (projected 2026)
- 579
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 843
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.12864°N, 88.33140°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONAMUNI TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Bashara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata284 kmcapital
- Delhi1169 km
- Hyderabad1334 km
- Chennai1584 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahanagar15 km
- Hospital / PHCJogomaya Polyclinic4 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM36 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum20 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College30 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station43 km
Same pincode
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Other villages named Bashara
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Villages near Bashara
Other villages in Bamangola mandal
View all 60+ →- Salalpur
- Khutadaha
- Daulatpur
- Nababnagar
- Mirzapur
- Bamangram
- Nandinadaha
- Jaitan
- Mohammadpur
- Maharani
- Khatil
- Paschim Lakshmi Narayanpur
- Adatala
- Bhangrail Palashbari
- Thinagar
- Mukuli
- Gopalnagar
- Dharmma Danga
- Dhamair
- Khoksan
- Chhatia
- Parhabi Nagar
- Harinandanbati
- Kasba
- Sujail
- Bujurkhali
- Ashrafpur
- Manuli
- Bhadreshwar
- Sarmura
- Bengnapara
- Jagannathpur
- Khiripara
- Pathar Jagdala
- Kuribari
- Chengna
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)