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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Monachitura is a village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 514 across 136 households. The literacy rate is 70.4% and the village is situated at coordinates 23.810°N, 87.837°E with PIN code 731303.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NILKANTA BAURI
Contact: 74****8984
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- LGD code
- 317562
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population
- 514
- Households
- 136
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 977 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 202
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 148 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1186 km
- Nearest railway station
- Labpur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Labpur Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Monachitura compares
By population, Monachitura ranks #114 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
+8.0% vs mandal average
- Monachitura
- 70.4%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
977
+32 vs mandal average
- Monachitura
- 977
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Monachitura
- 3.8
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Monachitura at a glance
Monachitura is a village of 514 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 114th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 3 km from Labpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731303, served by Labpur Mastali post office; the LGD village code is 317562. The nearest hospital or health centre is Labpur Government Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is NILKANTA BAURI, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 575 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Labpur-I →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monachitura · this village | 514 | 70% | — |
| Sibpur · Mayureswar - II | 150 | 83% | 0.7 km SE |
| Raypur · Labpur | 874 | 71% | 0.7 km SE |
| Dadpur · Mayureswar - II | 613 | 74% | 0.7 km SE |
| Lohadda · Labpur | 1,110 | 71% | 1.5 km S |
| Arazi Chandapur · Labpur | 0 | — | 1.6 km NE |
| Sarparajpur · Labpur | 1,753 | 47% | 1.5 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Monachitura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 149.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 109.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Monachitura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Monachitura
- LGD code
- 317562
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 514
- Population (projected 2026)
- 575
- Households
- 136
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 977
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.80959°N, 87.83654°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILKANTA BAURI
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
Getting there
How to reach Monachitura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata148 kmcapital
- Delhi1186 km
- Hyderabad1207 km
- Chennai1434 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLabpur3 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand4 km
- Hospital / PHCLabpur Government Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University21 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station37 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Monachitura
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕FullaraTemple2.7 km ↗
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)