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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHHABI ORANG
Contact: 70****0477
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- LGD code
- 331111
- Pincode
- 723128
- Post office
- Balakdih
- Population
- 771
- Households
- 146
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 437
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhabani compares
By population, Dhabani ranks #56 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Dhabani
- 60.3%
- Puncha mandal
- 59.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+32 vs mandal average
- Dhabani
- 1,008
- Puncha mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Dhabani
- 5.3
- Puncha mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhabani at a glance
Dhabani is a village of 771 people in 146 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 56th-largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 60%, 1 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723128, served by Balakdih post office; the LGD village code is 331111. The sarpanch is CHHABI ORANG, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 909 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chandra →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhabani · this village | 771 | 60% | — |
| Chandra · Puncha | 3,884 | 58% | — |
| Deorang · Puncha | 2,379 | 55% | — |
| Noagarh · Puncha | 1,605 | 63% | — |
| Rajakhanda · Puncha | 768 | 53% | — |
| Anandabazar · Puncha | 254 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhabani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 247.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhabani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhabani
- LGD code
- 331111
- Pincode
- 723128
- Post office
- Balakdih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 771
- Population (projected 2026)
- 909
- Households
- 146
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHHABI ORANG
- Block / Mandal
- Puncha
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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)