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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRASANTA ROY
Contact: 86****8518
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- LGD code
- 330404
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population
- 411
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 860 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 181
Census 2011 · in context
How Baghmara compares
By population, Baghmara ranks #76 of 123 villages in Neturia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
+11.9% vs mandal average
- Baghmara
- 66.2%
- Neturia mandal
- 54.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
860
−87 vs mandal average
- Baghmara
- 860
- Neturia mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Baghmara
- 7.0
- Neturia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghmara at a glance
Baghmara is a village of 411 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Neturia block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 76th-largest of 123 villages in Neturia block. Literacy is 66%, 12 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 860 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723121, served by Adra post office; the LGD village code is 330404. The sarpanch is PRASANTA ROY, and the village votes in Asansol Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Agnimitra Paul. The population is estimated at 485 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sarbari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baghmara · this village | 411 | 66% | — |
| Sarbari · Neturia | 5,007 | 50% | — |
| Nadiha · Neturia | 1,801 | 55% | — |
| Kelyasota · Neturia | 1,448 | 47% | — |
| Puapur · Neturia | 1,290 | 65% | — |
| Narayanpur · Neturia | 1,080 | 76% | — |
| Mahishnadi · Neturia | 884 | 57% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baghmara
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 99.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baghmara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baghmara
- LGD code
- 330404
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 411
- Population (projected 2026)
- 485
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 860
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Asansol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Asansol Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Agnimitra Paul
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRASANTA ROY
- Block / Mandal
- Neturia
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)