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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pratapmath is a village in Indus mandal, Bankura district, West Bengal, with a population of 284 across 60 households. The literacy rate is 62.7%. Located at 23.124°N, 87.611°E with PIN code 722205.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAHANANDA BAGDI
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- LGD code
- 327730
- Pincode
- 722205
- Post office
- Indas
- Population
- 284
- Households
- 60
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 121
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 99 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1145 km
- Nearest railway station
- Indas · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kotulpur Rural Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pratapmath compares
By population, Pratapmath ranks #119 of 131 villages in Indus mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Pratapmath
- 62.7%
- Indus mandal
- 63.9%
- Bankura district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−39 vs mandal average
- Pratapmath
- 919
- Indus mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pratapmath
- 4.7
- Indus mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pratapmath at a glance
Pratapmath is a village of 284 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Indus block, Bankura district, West Bengal, the 119th-largest of 131 villages in Indus block. Literacy is 63%, 1 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Bankura district centre, 25 km from Galsi, the nearest town, 4 km from Indas railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 722205, served by Indas post office; the LGD village code is 327730. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kotulpur Rural Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is MAHANANDA BAGDI, and the village votes in Indus assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Kumar Dhara. The population is estimated at 318 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pratapmath
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 66.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pratapmath
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pratapmath
- LGD code
- 327730
- Pincode
- 722205
- Post office
- Indas
- Population (Census 2011)
- 284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 318
- Households
- 60
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.12362°N, 87.61101°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bishnupur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Indus
- Member of Parliament
- Saumitra Khan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nirmal Kumar Dhara
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAHANANDA BAGDI
- Block / Mandal
- Indus
Getting there
How to reach Pratapmath
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata99 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1145 km
- Delhi1206 km
- Chennai1359 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIndas4 km
- Bus stopSagrai Arambagh Bus Stand21 km
- Hospital / PHCKotulpur Rural Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankcontai15 km
- Petrol pumpDamodar Automobiles13 km
- CollegeGovernment College of Education27 km
- Police stationRaina Police Station26 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pratapmath
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Damodar templeTemple2.8 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)