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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bindna is a village in Chhatna mandal, Bankura district, West Bengal. With a population of 1,282 across 269 households, it has a literacy rate of 61%. The PIN code is 722137.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTANU KUNDU
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- LGD code
- 326493
- Pincode
- 722137
- Post office
- Jhantipahari
- Population
- 1,282
- Households
- 269
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 951 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 444
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 173 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1098 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhantipahari · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, kamalpur · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bindna compares
By population, Bindna ranks #32 of 287 villages in Chhatna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Bindna
- 61.0%
- Chhatna mandal
- 57.2%
- Bankura district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
951
−9 vs mandal average
- Bindna
- 951
- Chhatna mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bindna
- 4.8
- Chhatna mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bindna at a glance
Bindna is a village of 1,282 people in 269 households (Census 2011) in Chhatna block, Bankura district, West Bengal, the 32nd-largest of 287 villages in Chhatna block. Literacy is 61%, 4 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Bankura district centre, 31 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 2 km from Jhantipahari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 722137, served by Jhantipahari post office; the LGD village code is 326493. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, kamalpur, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SANTANU KUNDU, and the village votes in Chhatna assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay. The population is estimated at 1,434 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bindna · this village | 1,282 | 61% | — |
| Shukuni Bansa · Chhatna | 1,048 | 59% | 1.5 km S |
| Bikpur · Chhatna | 231 | 50% | 1.4 km W |
| Siuli Pahari · Chhatna | 1,031 | 54% | 1.8 km SE |
| Hans Pahari · Chhatna | 870 | 59% | 2.2 km NE |
| Palshara · Chhatna | 1,708 | 56% | 2.6 km N |
| Rajadal · Chhatna | 1 | 100% | 2.5 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bindna
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 185.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bindna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bindna
- LGD code
- 326493
- Pincode
- 722137
- Post office
- Jhantipahari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,282
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,434
- Households
- 269
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 951
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.34014°N, 86.89624°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bankura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhatna
- Member of Parliament
- Arup Chakraborty
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTANU KUNDU
- Block / Mandal
- Chhatna
Getting there
How to reach Bindna
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 31 km
≈ 1 h 3 min by car · 1 h 15 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata173 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1098 km
- Delhi1131 km
- Chennai1337 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhantipahari2 km
- Bus stopBankura Private Bus Terminal18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, kamalpur7 km
- ATM / bankSBI, Bankura Main Branch19 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol pump19 km
- CollegeBankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering20 km
- Police stationBankura Mahila Thana21 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)