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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JIYALI KUSKU
Contact: 73****3577
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- LGD code
- 316978
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population
- 355
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 33.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1029 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 212
Census 2011 · in context
How Raghunandanpur compares
By population, Raghunandanpur ranks #62 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.8%
−24.8% vs mandal average
- Raghunandanpur
- 33.8%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 58.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,029
+67 vs mandal average
- Raghunandanpur
- 1,029
- Rajnagar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Raghunandanpur
- 4.7
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raghunandanpur at a glance
Raghunandanpur is a village of 355 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 62nd-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 34%, 25 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731130, served by Rajnagar (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316978. The sarpanch is JIYALI KUSKU, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 419 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhabanipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raghunandanpur · this village | 355 | 34% | — |
| 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 · Raghunandanpur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 168.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16
- Forest area (ha)
- 10.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raghunandanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raghunandanpur
- LGD code
- 316978
- Pincode
- 731130
- Post office
- Rajnagar (Birbhum)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 355
- Population (projected 2026)
- 419
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1029
- Literacy rate
- 33.8%
- 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
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Other villages in Rajnagar mandal
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- Parashia
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- Haripur
- Sahabad
- Kanmora
- Patadanga
- Aligar
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- Belera
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- Balarampur
- Khayradihi
- Sajina
- Kushmashul
- Dhaka
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- Pashchim Shirsha
- Muktipur
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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)