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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Brahmankhanda is a larger village in Nanoor mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 5,842 across 1,384 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.4% and is located at coordinates 23.587°N, 87.886°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bharat Majhi
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- LGD code
- 317749
- Pincode
- 731215
- Post office
- Khujutipara
- Population
- 5,842
- Households
- 1,384
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,145
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 123 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1197 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaichar · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Khujutipara · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Brahmankhanda compares
By population, Brahmankhanda ranks #3 of 136 villages in Nanoor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Brahmankhanda
- 58.4%
- Nanoor mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
−42 vs mandal average
- Brahmankhanda
- 907
- Nanoor mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Brahmankhanda
- 4.2
- Nanoor mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Brahmankhanda at a glance
Brahmankhanda is a village of 5,842 people in 1,384 households (Census 2011) in Nanoor block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 3rd-largest of 136 villages in Nanoor block. Literacy is 58%, 2 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Birbhum district centre, 3 km from Madda, the nearest town, 14 km from Kaichar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731215, served by Khujutipara post office; the LGD village code is 317749. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khujutipara, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Bharat Majhi, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 6,535 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Brahmankhanda
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 484
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Brahmankhanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Brahmankhanda
- LGD code
- 317749
- Pincode
- 731215
- Post office
- Khujutipara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,842
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,535
- Households
- 1,384
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.58727°N, 87.88582°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
- Bharat Majhi
- Block / Mandal
- Nanoor
Getting there
How to reach Brahmankhanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata123 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1197 km
- Delhi1203 km
- Chennai1417 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaichar14 km
- Bus stopJalpara Charaktala15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Khujutipara2 km
- ATM / bankJalpara Gramin Bank14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- CollegeGobindapur Sephali Memorial Primary Teacher's Training Institute16 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station18 km
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- 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)