Sugar is a village in Illambazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,913 spread across 371 households. The village has a literacy rate of 59.2% and is located at coordinates 23.639°N, 87.460°E with postal code 731214.
By population, Sugar ranks #30 of 133 villages in Illambazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sugar is a village of 1,913 people in 371 households (Census 2011) in Illambazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 30th-largest of 133 villages in Illambazar block. Literacy is 59%, 5 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 838 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Birbhum district centre, 25 km from Mankar, the nearest town, 20 km from Panchra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731214, served by Illambazar post office; the LGD village code is 317973. The nearest hospital or health centre is Illambazar Rural Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Bumba Ruidas, and the village votes in Bolpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandranath Sinha. The population is estimated at 2,140 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar · this village | 1,913 | 59% | — |
| Janubazar · Illambazar | 1,331 | 60% | 1.1 km W |
| Bhubanaswer · Illambazar | 528 | 72% | 1.2 km S |
| Chhata Chak · Illambazar | 3,228 | 61% | 1.3 km NE |
| Dhulpur · Illambazar | 178 | 57% | 1.5 km SE |
| Balarpur · Illambazar | 157 | 82% | 2.2 km SW |
| Kshudrapur · Illambazar | 959 | 73% | 2.4 km SE |
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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