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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Muragachha is a village in Krishnagar - I mandal, Nadia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,438 distributed among 383 households and a literacy rate of 62.5%. The village is positioned at 22.436°N, 88.495°E with PIN code 741167.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUJA DAS MONDAL
Contact: 96****2292
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- LGD code
- 321768
- Pincode
- 741167
- Post office
- Bhimpur
- Population
- 1,438
- Households
- 383
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 419
- Distance to district centre
- 103 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 99 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 20 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1187 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalikapur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Satyarani Memorial Nursing Home And Diagnostic Centre · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muragachha compares
By population, Muragachha ranks #57 of 90 villages in Krishnagar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
−1.4% vs mandal average
Muragachha62.5%
Krishnagar - I mandal63.9%
Nadia district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+17 vs mandal average
Muragachha959
Krishnagar - I mandal942
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
Muragachha3.8
Krishnagar - I mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muragachha at a glance
Muragachha is a village of 1,438 people in 383 households (Census 2011) in Krishnagar - I block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 57th-largest of 90 villages in Krishnagar - I block. Literacy is 63%, 1 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 103 km from the Nadia district centre, 0 km from Muragachha, the nearest town, 3 km from Kalikapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 741167, served by Bhimpur post office; the LGD village code is 321768. The nearest hospital or health centre is Satyarani Memorial Nursing Home And Diagnostic Centre, 5 km away. The sarpanch is PUJA DAS MONDAL, and the village votes in Krishnanagar Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sadhan Ghosh. The population is estimated at 1,695 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhimpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muragachha · this village | 1,438 | 63% | — |
| Muragachha · Hasnabad | 1,860 | 60% | 0 km N |
| Muragachha · Kalna - I | 1,724 | 54% | 0 km N |
| Muragachha · Ranaghat - II | 1,045 | 46% | 0 km N |
| Muragachha · Sanarpur | 728 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Muragachha · Haringhata | 804 | 72% | 0 km N |
| Muragachha · Nakashipara | 8,937 | 60% | 0 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muragachha
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 257.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 184.34
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Muragachha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muragachha
- LGD code
- 321768
- Pincode
- 741167
- Post office
- Bhimpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,438
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,695
- Households
- 383
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.43603°N, 88.49506°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Krishnanagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Krishnanagar Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Mahua Moitra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sadhan Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUJA DAS MONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Krishnagar - I
Getting there
How to reach Muragachha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata20 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1187 km
- Delhi1323 km
- Chennai1356 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalikapur3 km
- Bus stopSouth Garia4 km
- Hospital / PHCSatyarani Memorial Nursing Home And Diagnostic Centre5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India7 km
- Petrol pumpHP fuel11 km
- CollegeFuture Institute Of Engineering and Management8 km
- Police stationSonarpur Police Station7 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Muragachha
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 741167
- DafarpotaKrishnagar - I mandal9,295 pop
- BhimpurKrishnagar - I mandal8,057 pop
- PukurgachhiKrishnagar - I mandal3,728 pop
- DamodarkhaliKrishnagar - I mandal2,949 pop
- KrishnapurKrishnagar - I mandal2,364 pop
- MaidanpurChapra mandal2,207 pop
- ChandpurKrishnagar - I mandal1,771 pop
- JalkarmathurapurKrishnagar - I mandal1,309 pop
- JoginidahaKrishnagar - I mandal899 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Muragachha
Looking for a different Muragachha? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Muragachha →
- MuragachhaHanskhali · Nadia, West Bengal12,336 pop
- MuragachhaNakashipara · Nadia, West Bengal8,937 pop
- MuragachhaPurbasthali - II · Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal2,047 pop
- MuragachhaHasnabad · North 24 Parganas, West Bengal1,860 pop
- MuragachhaKalna - I · Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal1,724 pop
- MuragachhaRanaghat - II · Nadia, West Bengal1,045 pop
- MuragachhaHaringhata · Nadia, West Bengal804 pop
- MuragachhaSanarpur · South 24 Parganas, West Bengal728 pop
Villages near Muragachha
Other villages in Krishnagar - I mandal
View all 60+ →- Subarna Behar
- Bhaluka
- Krishnanagar (P)
- Asannagar
- Dafarpota
- Dakshinjhitkipota
- Jalalkhali
- Bhimpur
- Amghata
- Rui Pukur (P)
- Senpur
- Dogachhi (P)
- Jatrapur
- Naldaha
- Jahangirpur
- Itla
- Dignagar
- Usidpur
- Kulgachhi
- Simul Tala
- Durgapur
- Hara Nagar
- Bhandar Khola
- Pukurgachhi
- Hatisala
- Gobrapota
- Raotara
- Paninala
- Damodarkhali
- Naduria
- Baliadanga
- Mahishnengra
- Tetla
- Goalpara
- Krishnapur
- Khamarpara
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- 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)