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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gautam Mondal
Contact: 89****6927
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- LGD code
- 318168
- Pincode
- 731123
- Post office
- Dubrajpur
- Population
- 414
- Households
- 89
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 315
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 179 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1139 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dubrajpur · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rajnagar BPHC · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dedaha compares
By population, Dedaha ranks #142 of 226 villages in Dubrajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.1%
+15.9% vs mandal average
- Dedaha
- 75.1%
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 59.2%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
−8 vs mandal average
- Dedaha
- 944
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dedaha
- 4.7
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dedaha at a glance
Dedaha is a village of 414 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Dubrajpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 142nd-largest of 226 villages in Dubrajpur block. Literacy is 75%, 16 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Birbhum district centre, 4 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 10 km from Dubrajpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731123, served by Dubrajpur post office; the LGD village code is 318168. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Gautam Mondal, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 463 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedaha · this village | 414 | 75% | — |
| Dedaha · Shikaripara | 616 | 38% | 0.4 km SW |
| Bahadurganja · Mohammad Bazar | 1,392 | 73% | 1 km SW |
| Bahadurganja · Dubrajpur | 566 | 69% | 1 km SW |
| Chak Jitua · Dubrajpur | 0 | — | 1 km NW |
| Gadadharpur · Ramnagar - I | 588 | 66% | 1.1 km S |
| Gadadharpur · Gaighata | 2,380 | 71% | 1.1 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dedaha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 62.61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dedaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dedaha
- LGD code
- 318168
- Pincode
- 731123
- Post office
- Dubrajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 414
- Population (projected 2026)
- 463
- Households
- 89
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.89392°N, 87.35616°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dubrajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anup Kumar Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gautam Mondal
- Block / Mandal
- Dubrajpur
Getting there
How to reach Dedaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata179 kmcapital
- Delhi1139 km
- Hyderabad1172 km
- Chennai1415 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDubrajpur10 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর12 km
- Hospital / PHCRajnagar BPHC6 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump17 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management39 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post30 km
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- KukutiaDubrajpur mandal2,743 pop
- Khoj MahammadpurDubrajpur mandal2,652 pop
- HetampurDubrajpur mandal2,388 pop
- GokruiDubrajpur mandal2,383 pop
- GanraDubrajpur mandal2,152 pop
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Villages near Dedaha
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)