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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TAPASI MONDAL SAHA
Contact: 98****6600
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- LGD code
- 316909
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population
- 337
- Households
- 72
- Literacy rate
- 81.6%
- Sex ratio
- 872 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 97
Census 2011 · in context
How Patalpur compares
By population, Patalpur ranks #63 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.6%
+23.0% vs mandal average
- Patalpur
- 81.6%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 58.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
872
−90 vs mandal average
- Patalpur
- 872
- Rajnagar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Patalpur
- 4.7
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patalpur at a glance
Patalpur is a village of 337 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 63rd-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 82%, 23 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 872 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731130, served by Rajnagar (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316909. The sarpanch is TAPASI MONDAL SAHA, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 397 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Patalpur
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 274.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11
- Forest area (ha)
- 101.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Patalpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Patalpur
- LGD code
- 316909
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 337
- Population (projected 2026)
- 397
- Households
- 72
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 872
- Literacy rate
- 81.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suri
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jagannath Chattopadhyay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TAPASI MONDAL SAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
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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)