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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JIYALI KUSKU
Contact: 73****3577
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- LGD code
- 316930
- Pincode
- 731126
- Post office
- Karidhya
- Population
- 72
- Households
- 18
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1250 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 41
Census 2011 · in context
How Gobinda Chak compares
By population, Gobinda Chak ranks #83 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
−14.2% vs mandal average
- Gobinda Chak
- 44.4%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 58.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,250
+288 vs mandal average
- Gobinda Chak
- 1,250
- Rajnagar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Gobinda Chak
- 4.0
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gobinda Chak at a glance
Gobinda Chak is a village of 72 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 83rd-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 44%, 14 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,250 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731126, served by Karidhya post office; the LGD village code is 316930. The sarpanch is JIYALI KUSKU, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 85 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhabanipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobinda Chak · this village | 72 | 44% | — |
| Tabadumra · Rajnagar | 1,685 | 65% | — |
| Kundira · Rajnagar | 1,505 | 50% | — |
| Murdaganja · Rajnagar | 1,359 | 54% | — |
| Kanmora · Rajnagar | 1,130 | 48% | — |
| Belera · Rajnagar | 1,026 | 62% | — |
| Pashchim Shirsha · Rajnagar | 893 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gobinda Chak
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 319.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gobinda Chak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gobinda Chak
- LGD code
- 316930
- Pincode
- 731126
- Post office
- Karidhya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 72
- Population (projected 2026)
- 85
- Households
- 18
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1250
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suri
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagannath Chattopadhyay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JIYALI KUSKU
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731126
- TantiparaRajnagar mandal6,227 pop
- ChandrapurRajnagar mandal2,012 pop
- JamthaliaDubrajpur mandal2,000 pop
- HajrapurDubrajpur mandal1,961 pop
- NagariSuri - I mandal1,959 pop
- Pathar ChapriSuri - I mandal1,909 pop
- ShankarpurRajnagar mandal1,733 pop
- TabadumraRajnagar mandal1,685 pop
- MadhaipurRajnagar mandal1,531 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Gobinda Chak
Looking for a different Gobinda Chak? 6 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Gobinda Chak →
- Gobinda ChakAmta - I · Howrah, West Bengal1,582 pop
- Gobinda ChakBhagawanpur - II · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal1,050 pop
- Gobinda ChakPanskura · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal492 pop
- Gobinda ChakGarbeta - III · Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal326 pop
- Gobinda ChakPingla · Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal216 pop
- Gobinda ChakNarayangarh · Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal136 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Gobinda Chak
Other villages in Rajnagar mandal
View all 60+ →- Tantipara
- Chandrapur
- Gangmuri
- Shankarpur
- Tabadumra
- Lauberia
- Madhaipur
- Kundira
- Parashia
- Gulalgachhi
- Laujor
- Murdaganja
- Haripur
- Sahabad
- Kanmora
- Patadanga
- Aligar
- Ganeshpur
- Belera
- Gangapur
- Balarampur
- Khayradihi
- Sajina
- Kushmashul
- Dhaka
- Ranigram
- Pashchim Shirsha
- Muktipur
- Abadnagar
- Raotara
- Murgathali
- Barshal
- Bhabanipur
- Panikola
- Padampur
- Bhabanandapur
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)