Lead story
28
September 2026
newsSTATE
Nitin Nabin highlights Anganwadi, ASHA workers’ role in West Bengal’s future
Reported by The News Mill.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
YM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
YUDHISTER MAHATO
Contact: 96****3819
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Kulaghutu can update it.
- LGD code
- 331143
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population
- 618
- Households
- 109
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 308
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 249 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1035 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotshila Junction · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kotshila Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kulaghutu compares
By population, Kulaghutu ranks #73 of 96 villages in Arsha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.7%
−2.8% vs mandal average
- Kulaghutu
- 42.7%
- Arsha mandal
- 45.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
+7 vs mandal average
- Kulaghutu
- 981
- Arsha mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kulaghutu
- 5.7
- Arsha mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kulaghutu at a glance
Kulaghutu is a village of 618 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Arsha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 73rd-largest of 96 villages in Arsha block. Literacy is 43%, 3 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Purulia district centre, 11 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 5 km from Kotshila Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723201, served by Garjaipur post office; the LGD village code is 331143. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kotshila Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is YUDHISTER MAHATO, and the village votes in Balarampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jaladhar Mahato. The population is estimated at 691 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mankiary →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kulaghutu
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 144.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.28
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kulaghutu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kulaghutu
- LGD code
- 331143
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 618
- Population (projected 2026)
- 691
- Households
- 109
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.37253°N, 86.09401°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balarampur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jaladhar Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- YUDHISTER MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Arsha
Getting there
How to reach Kulaghutu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata249 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1035 km
- Delhi1062 km
- Chennai1298 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotshila Junction5 km
- Hospital / PHCKotshila Rural Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM33 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump28 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University25 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station49 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 723201
Villages near Kulaghutu
Other villages in Arsha mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)