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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhanuridi is a village in Para mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,966 across 353 households with a literacy rate of 57.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHAKTIPADA MAHATO
Contact: 95****0119
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- LGD code
- 330104
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population
- 1,966
- Households
- 353
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 597
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 220 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1073 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bagalia · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhanuridi compares
By population, Bhanuridi ranks #28 of 132 villages in Para mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.5%
+1.8% vs mandal average
- Bhanuridi
- 57.5%
- Para mandal
- 55.7%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−11 vs mandal average
- Bhanuridi
- 933
- Para mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhanuridi
- 5.6
- Para mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhanuridi at a glance
Bhanuridi is a village of 1,966 people in 353 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 28th-largest of 132 villages in Para block. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Purulia district centre, 45 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 8 km from Bagalia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330104. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 5 km away. The sarpanch is BHAKTIPADA MAHATO, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri. The population is estimated at 2,199 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhanuridi
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 256.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhanuridi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhanuridi
- LGD code
- 330104
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,966
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,199
- Households
- 353
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.49816°N, 86.46536°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Para
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nadiar Chand Bouri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHAKTIPADA MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Para
Getting there
How to reach Bhanuridi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata220 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1073 km
- Delhi1085 km
- Chennai1329 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBagalia8 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand21 km
- Hospital / PHCLokeswarananda Eye Foundation5 km
- ATM / bankIndusInd Bank32 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump21 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University20 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station28 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhanuridi
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Brick Deul, ParaTemple4.8 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)