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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KABITA TUDU
Contact: 83****4331
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- LGD code
- 330604
- Pincode
- 723126
- Post office
- Anara RS
- Population
- 2,046
- Households
- 378
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 754
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhalagara compares
By population, Bhalagara ranks #18 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.7%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Bhalagara
- 59.7%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
−4 vs mandal average
- Bhalagara
- 960
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bhalagara
- 5.4
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalagara at a glance
Bhalagara is a village of 2,046 people in 378 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 18th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 60%, 1 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723126, served by Anara RS post office; the LGD village code is 330604. The sarpanch is KABITA TUDU, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 2,412 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalagara
- 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)
- 19
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 425.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 92.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhalagara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhalagara
- LGD code
- 330604
- Pincode
- 723126
- Post office
- Anara RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,046
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,412
- Households
- 378
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KABITA TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
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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
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