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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Maharajganja is a village in Mohammad Bazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, located at coordinates 24.072°N, 87.641°E with PIN code 731127.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HASNEHANA BIBI
Contact: 80****3789
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- LGD code
- 316755
- Pincode
- 731127
- Post office
- Md.Bazar
- Population
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Workers
- 0
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 182 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1155 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gadadharpur · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mallarpur Hospital · 7 km
Maharajganja at a glance
Maharajganja is a revenue village in Mohammad Bazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It lies 18 km from the Birbhum district centre, 16 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 8 km from Gadadharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731127, served by Md.Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 316755. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mallarpur Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is HASNEHANA BIBI, and the village votes in Sainthia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Kanta Saha.
Gram panchayat: Bharkata →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharajganja · this village | 0 | — | — |
| Moubelia · Mohammad Bazar | 890 | 39% | 1.2 km NE |
| Arazi Haridaspur · Mohammad Bazar | 0 | — | 1.4 km N |
| Maharaj Ganga · Mohammad Bazar | 0 | — | 1.6 km N |
| Kapasdanga · Nala | 657 | 42% | 2 km SW |
| Chak Raipur · Mohammad Bazar | 2,573 | 37% | 3.1 km N |
| Sonthsal · Mohammad Bazar | 4,687 | 62% | 3.2 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maharajganja
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 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
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 54.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maharajganja
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maharajganja
- LGD code
- 316755
- Pincode
- 731127
- Post office
- Md.Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Coordinates
- 24.07162°N, 87.64122°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sainthia
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krishna Kanta Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HASNEHANA BIBI
- Block / Mandal
- Mohammad Bazar
Getting there
How to reach Maharajganja
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata182 kmcapital
- Delhi1155 km
- Hyderabad1207 km
- Chennai1447 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGadadharpur8 km
- Hospital / PHCMallarpur Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump22 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College42 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Maharajganja
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Rameshwar Shiva Temple ComplexTemple3.2 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731127
- DighalgramMohammad Bazar mandal6,284 pop
- HatgachhaMohammad Bazar mandal5,557 pop
- SonthsalMohammad Bazar mandal4,687 pop
- HaridaspurMohammad Bazar mandal4,494 pop
- BalutiMohammad Bazar mandal4,304 pop
- DhamaraMohammad Bazar mandal3,096 pop
- MahammadbazarMohammad Bazar mandal3,090 pop
- SekeddahaMohammad Bazar mandal3,016 pop
- KomarpurMohammad Bazar mandal2,919 pop
Villages near Maharajganja
Other villages in Mohammad Bazar mandal
View all 60+ →- Dighalgram
- Hatgachha
- Sonthsal
- Haridaspur
- Baluti
- Angar Garia
- Rautara
- Nischintapur
- Dhamara
- Mahammadbazar
- Sekeddaha
- Komarpur
- Lohabazar
- Ganpur
- Jethia
- Tantulbaria
- Chak Raipur
- Kapasdanga
- Saharakuri
- Darkata
- Khayrakuri
- Heruka
- Kabilpur
- Maladanga
- Puranagram
- Chanda
- Kabilnagar
- Kharia
- Deucha
- Alinagar
- Sahnagar
- Baliharpur
- Bara Bataspur
- Kaijuli
- Baidyanathpur
- Karaia Gopalnagar
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)