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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Purba Ishakpur is a village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 658 across 151 households. The literacy rate is 70.1% and the village has PIN code 731303, located at 23.815°N, 87.873°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANKUR SEKH
Contact: 80****9855
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- LGD code
- 317557
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population
- 658
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 859 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 247
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 147 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1189 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kirnahar · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Thiba Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Purba Ishakpur compares
By population, Purba Ishakpur ranks #95 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+7.7% vs mandal average
Purba Ishakpur70.1%
Labpur mandal62.4%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
859
−86 vs mandal average
Purba Ishakpur859
Labpur mandal945
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Purba Ishakpur4.4
Labpur mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purba Ishakpur at a glance
Purba Ishakpur is a village of 658 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 95th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 859 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 6 km from Kirnahar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731303, served by Labpur Mastali post office; the LGD village code is 317557. The nearest hospital or health centre is Thiba Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is ANKUR SEKH, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 736 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purba Ishakpur · this village | 658 | 70% | — |
| Galaichandi · Labpur | 1,753 | 61% | 1 km SE |
| Bagsina · Labpur | 626 | 70% | 1.1 km E |
| Kurnahar · Labpur | 4,058 | 63% | 1.7 km NE |
| Kandarkula · Labpur | 2,978 | 52% | 1.9 km SE |
| Par Abad · Labpur | 87 | 76% | 2.2 km S |
| Punasi · Chakradharpur | 477 | 48% | 2.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purba Ishakpur
- 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)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 94.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purba Ishakpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purba Ishakpur
- LGD code
- 317557
- Pincode
- 731303
- Post office
- Labpur Mastali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 658
- Population (projected 2026)
- 736
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 859
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.81482°N, 87.87326°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
- ANKUR SEKH
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
Getting there
How to reach Purba Ishakpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata147 kmcapital
- Delhi1189 km
- Hyderabad1210 km
- Chennai1437 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKirnahar6 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCThiba Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil28 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College24 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station39 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)