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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhalu is a village in Bundwan mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,307 across 265 households with a literacy rate of 60.5%. The village is located at coordinates 22.935°N, 86.522°E and uses PIN code 723129.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
FULU MAJHI
Contact: 95****8048
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- LGD code
- 332348
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population
- 1,307
- Households
- 265
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 542
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 193 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1041 km
- Nearest railway station
- Asanboni · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundwan BPHC · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhalu compares
By population, Bhalu ranks #17 of 134 villages in Bundwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
+8.0% vs mandal average
- Bhalu
- 60.5%
- Bundwan mandal
- 52.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
−16 vs mandal average
- Bhalu
- 974
- Bundwan mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bhalu
- 4.9
- Bundwan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalu at a glance
Bhalu is a village of 1,307 people in 265 households (Census 2011) in Bundwan block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 17th-largest of 134 villages in Bundwan block. Literacy is 61%, 8 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Purulia district centre, 58 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 33 km from Asanboni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723129, served by Bundwan post office; the LGD village code is 332348. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundwan BPHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is FULU MAJHI, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 1,462 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalu
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 262.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.88
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhalu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhalu
- LGD code
- 332348
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,307
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,462
- Households
- 265
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.93546°N, 86.52237°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- FULU MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Bundwan
Getting there
How to reach Bhalu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata193 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1041 km
- Delhi1126 km
- Chennai1279 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAsanboni33 km
- Hospital / PHCBundwan BPHC7 km
- ATM / bankIndian Bank32 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeITI13 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station32 km
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- 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
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