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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bamandera is a small village in Bundwan mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 50 across 12 households with a literacy rate of 34%. The village is located at coordinates 22.768°N, 86.572°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MOUSUMI MURMU
Contact: 86****7685
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- LGD code
- 332457
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population
- 50
- Households
- 12
- Literacy rate
- 34%
- Sex ratio
- 1273 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 28
- Distance to district centre
- 61 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 185 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1035 km
- Nearest railway station
- Galudih · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundwan BPHC · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamandera compares
By population, Bamandera ranks #127 of 134 villages in Bundwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.0%
−18.5% vs mandal average
- Bamandera
- 34.0%
- Bundwan mandal
- 52.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,273
+283 vs mandal average
- Bamandera
- 1,273
- Bundwan mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Bamandera
- 4.2
- Bundwan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamandera at a glance
Bamandera is a village of 50 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Bundwan block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 127th-largest of 134 villages in Bundwan block. Literacy is 34%, 19 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,273 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Purulia district centre, 21 km from Galudih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723129, served by Bundwan post office; the LGD village code is 332457. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundwan BPHC, 14 km away. The sarpanch is MOUSUMI MURMU, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 56 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamandera · this village | 50 | 34% | — |
| Rajauli · Bundwan | 566 | 52% | 1.1 km E |
| Kantagora · Bundwan | 737 | 43% | 1.2 km W |
| Ledam · Bundwan | 299 | 40% | 2.1 km SE |
| Rasiknagar · Bundwan | 232 | 41% | 2.3 km S |
| Rasiknagar · Boram | 1,898 | 56% | 2.3 km S |
| Dulukdih Samil Kendapara · Bundwan | 405 | 62% | 3.2 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamandera
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 53.01
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamandera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamandera
- LGD code
- 332457
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 50
- Population (projected 2026)
- 56
- Households
- 12
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1273
- Literacy rate
- 34.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.76810°N, 86.57203°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MOUSUMI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Bundwan
Getting there
How to reach Bamandera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata185 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1035 km
- Delhi1141 km
- Chennai1266 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGaludih21 km
- Hospital / PHCBundwan BPHC14 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil31 km
- CollegeITI31 km
- Police stationTraffic Police Chowki37 km
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)