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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pratappur is a small village in Puncha mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 266 across 52 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.1% and uses PIN code 723101.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANAS KUSUM MAHATO
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- LGD code
- 331130
- Pincode
- 723101
- Post office
- Alangidanga
- Population
- 266
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 161
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 91 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 180 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1137 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dubrajpur · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajnagar BPHC · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pratappur compares
By population, Pratappur ranks #89 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Pratappur
- 51.1%
- Puncha mandal
- 59.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−34 vs mandal average
- Pratappur
- 942
- Puncha mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pratappur
- 5.1
- Puncha mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pratappur at a glance
Pratappur is a village of 266 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 89th-largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 51%, 8 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Purulia district centre, 0 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 11 km from Dubrajpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723101, served by Alangidanga post office; the LGD village code is 331130. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MANAS KUSUM MAHATO, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 314 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pratappur
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 77.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pratappur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pratappur
- LGD code
- 331130
- Pincode
- 723101
- Post office
- Alangidanga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 266
- Population (projected 2026)
- 314
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.88302°N, 87.32189°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANAS KUSUM MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Puncha
Getting there
How to reach Pratappur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata180 kmcapital
- Delhi1137 km
- Hyderabad1169 km
- Chennai1412 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDubrajpur11 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর12 km
- Hospital / PHCRajnagar BPHC7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank21 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump21 km
- CollegeB.C. Roy College of polytecnic40 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post28 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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