Chella is a village in Illambazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 455 across 113 households. The village has a literacy rate of 65.1% and is located at PIN 731236.
By population, Chella ranks #102 of 133 villages in Illambazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chella is a village of 455 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Illambazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 102nd-largest of 133 villages in Illambazar block. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Birbhum district centre, 23 km from Mankar, the nearest town, 9 km from Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731236, served by Sriniketan post office; the LGD village code is 318034. The nearest hospital or health centre is Santiniketan Nursing Home and Diagonostic Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Purnima Howladar, and the village votes in Bolpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandranath Sinha. The population is estimated at 509 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Illambazar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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