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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAXMIMANI MURMU
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- LGD code
- 332374
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population
- 576
- Households
- 126
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 325
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 186 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1040 km
- Nearest railway station
- Galudih · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundwan BPHC · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shamnagar compares
By population, Shamnagar ranks #62 of 134 villages in Bundwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Shamnagar
- 55.0%
- Bundwan mandal
- 52.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
−37 vs mandal average
- Shamnagar
- 953
- Bundwan mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Shamnagar
- 4.6
- Bundwan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shamnagar at a glance
Shamnagar is a village of 576 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Bundwan block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 62nd-largest of 134 villages in Bundwan block. Literacy is 55%, 3 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Purulia district centre, 28 km from Galudih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723129, served by Bundwan post office; the LGD village code is 332374. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundwan BPHC, 8 km away. The sarpanch is LAXMIMANI MURMU, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 644 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shamnagar
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 173.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 27.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shamnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shamnagar
- LGD code
- 332374
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 576
- Population (projected 2026)
- 644
- Households
- 126
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.84520°N, 86.57596°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAXMIMANI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Bundwan
Getting there
How to reach Shamnagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata186 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1040 km
- Delhi1136 km
- Chennai1273 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGaludih28 km
- Hospital / PHCBundwan BPHC8 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- CollegeITI23 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station34 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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