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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sinhapara is a village in Gazole mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 230 across 52 households. It has a literacy rate of 44.8% and is located at coordinates 25.224°N, 88.318°E with PIN code 732124.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RENUKA SARKAR
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- LGD code
- 312706
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population
- 230
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 147
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 295 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1164 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deotala · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ranipur Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sinhapara compares
By population, Sinhapara ranks #261 of 291 villages in Gazole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.8%
−9.3% vs mandal average
- Sinhapara
- 44.8%
- Gazole mandal
- 54.1%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−4 vs mandal average
- Sinhapara
- 966
- Gazole mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sinhapara
- 4.4
- Gazole mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sinhapara at a glance
Sinhapara is a village of 230 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Gazole block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 261st-largest of 291 villages in Gazole block. Literacy is 45%, 9 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Malda district centre, 24 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Deotala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732124, served by Gajol post office; the LGD village code is 312706. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ranipur Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is RENUKA SARKAR, and the village votes in Habibpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Joyel Murmu. The population is estimated at 257 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sinhapara
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 44.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sinhapara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sinhapara
- LGD code
- 312706
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 257
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.22376°N, 88.31824°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Habibpur
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Joyel Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RENUKA SARKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gazole
Getting there
How to reach Sinhapara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata295 kmcapital
- Delhi1164 km
- Hyderabad1340 km
- Chennai1592 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeotala6 km
- Hospital / PHCRanipur Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM33 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum27 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College26 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station50 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)