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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bakbari is a village in Neturia mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with 705 residents in 104 households. It has a literacy rate of 53% and is identified by PIN code 723133.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMARANI MAHATO
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- LGD code
- 330392
- Pincode
- 723133
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Puruliya)
- Population
- 705
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 481
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 212 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1092 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalubathan · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Panchet Hill Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bakbari compares
By population, Bakbari ranks #44 of 123 villages in Neturia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Bakbari
- 53.0%
- Neturia mandal
- 54.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−62 vs mandal average
- Bakbari
- 885
- Neturia mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
6.8
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Bakbari
- 6.8
- Neturia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakbari at a glance
Bakbari is a village of 705 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Neturia block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 44th-largest of 123 villages in Neturia block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Purulia district centre, 53 km from Barra, the nearest town, 9 km from Kalubathan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723133, served by Raghunathpur (Puruliya) post office; the LGD village code is 330392. The nearest hospital or health centre is Panchet Hill Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is UMARANI MAHATO, and the village votes in Asansol Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Agnimitra Paul. The population is estimated at 789 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bakbari
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 300.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bakbari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bakbari
- LGD code
- 330392
- Pincode
- 723133
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Puruliya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 705
- Population (projected 2026)
- 789
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.67375°N, 86.66558°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Asansol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Asansol Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Agnimitra Paul
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMARANI MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Neturia
Getting there
How to reach Bakbari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata212 kmcapital
- Delhi1092 km
- Hyderabad1101 km
- Chennai1357 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalubathan9 km
- Bus stopBarakar Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCPanchet Hill Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump (Puja Urja Kendra)9 km
- CollegeCareer Building Private ITI16 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station27 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
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