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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kaliasota is a village in Para mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,034 distributed across 358 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.1% and is situated at 23.536°N, 86.522°E with PIN code 723155.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NASIBA PARWEEN
Contact: 73****4624
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- LGD code
- 330075
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population
- 2,034
- Households
- 358
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 595
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 217 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1080 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rukni Junction · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kaliasota compares
By population, Kaliasota ranks #25 of 132 villages in Para mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Kaliasota
- 55.1%
- Para mandal
- 55.7%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+60 vs mandal average
- Kaliasota
- 1,004
- Para mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kaliasota
- 5.7
- Para mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaliasota at a glance
Kaliasota is a village of 2,034 people in 358 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 25th-largest of 132 villages in Para block. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Purulia district centre, 53 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 3 km from Rukni Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330075. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 2 km away. The sarpanch is NASIBA PARWEEN, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri. The population is estimated at 2,275 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kaliasota
- 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)
- 21
- 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
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 164.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kaliasota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kaliasota
- LGD code
- 330075
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,034
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,275
- Households
- 358
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.53565°N, 86.52186°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
- NASIBA PARWEEN
- Block / Mandal
- Para
Getting there
How to reach Kaliasota
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata217 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1080 km
- Delhi1088 km
- Chennai1336 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRukni Junction3 km
- Hospital / PHCLokeswarananda Eye Foundation2 km
- ATM / bankIndusInd Bank30 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump28 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University27 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station25 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kaliasota
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Brick Deul, ParaTemple2.9 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)