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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gobag is a village in Neturia mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. With a population of 1,395 across 236 households, it has a literacy rate of 63.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAMALI BAURI
Contact: 99****7405
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- LGD code
- 330417
- Pincode
- 723142
- Post office
- Ramchandrapur Ashram
- Population
- 1,395
- Households
- 236
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 518
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 200 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1104 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramkanali Junction · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Harmadih Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gobag compares
By population, Gobag ranks #16 of 123 villages in Neturia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
+8.9% vs mandal average
- Gobag
- 63.2%
- Neturia mandal
- 54.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
+4 vs mandal average
- Gobag
- 951
- Neturia mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Gobag
- 5.9
- Neturia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gobag at a glance
Gobag is a village of 1,395 people in 236 households (Census 2011) in Neturia block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 16th-largest of 123 villages in Neturia block. Literacy is 63%, 9 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Purulia district centre, 47 km from Barra, the nearest town, 2 km from Ramkanali Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723142, served by Ramchandrapur Ashram post office; the LGD village code is 330417. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harmadih Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAMALI BAURI, and the village votes in Asansol Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Agnimitra Paul. The population is estimated at 1,560 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobag · this village | 1,395 | 63% | — |
| Hetyabahal · Neturia | 330 | 49% | 1.3 km SE |
| Ankduara · Kariasol | 3,802 | 54% | 1.4 km NW |
| Ankduara · Neturia | 351 | 42% | 1.4 km NW |
| Janardandi · Neturia | 686 | 64% | 1.4 km SE |
| Lachhia · Raghunathpur - I | 467 | 64% | 1.8 km SW |
| Purna Panchakot · Neturia | 0 | — | 2.4 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gobag
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 152.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gobag
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gobag
- LGD code
- 330417
- Pincode
- 723142
- Post office
- Ramchandrapur Ashram
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,395
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,560
- Households
- 236
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.59800°N, 86.75900°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Asansol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Asansol Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Agnimitra Paul
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAMALI BAURI
- Block / Mandal
- Neturia
Getting there
How to reach Gobag
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata200 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1104 km
- Delhi1104 km
- Chennai1354 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamkanali Junction2 km
- Bus stopBarakar Bus Stand16 km
- Hospital / PHCHarmadih Rural Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank Kulti17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeCareer Building Private ITI9 km
- Police stationAsansol South Police Station24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gobag
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 723142
- RamchandrapurSanturi mandal2,648 pop
- BrindabanpurSanturi mandal1,828 pop
- Gar PanchkotNeturia mandal1,415 pop
- HaridiNeturia mandal1,046 pop
- LachhmanpurRaghunathpur - I mandal1,011 pop
- MejharadiSanturi mandal860 pop
- BansbaniNeturia mandal822 pop
- AnthumajhirdiSanturi mandal686 pop
- JanardandiNeturia mandal686 pop
Villages near Gobag
Other villages in Neturia mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)