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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA MAL
Contact: 99****6237
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- LGD code
- 316475
- Pincode
- 731241
- Post office
- Chandpara
- Population
- 8,282
- Households
- 2,306
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,472
Census 2011 · in context
How Dunigram compares
By population, Dunigram ranks #2 of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.3%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Dunigram
- 59.3%
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−17 vs mandal average
- Dunigram
- 928
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Dunigram
- 3.6
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dunigram at a glance
Dunigram is a village of 8,282 people in 2,306 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 2nd-largest of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II block. Literacy is 59%, 1 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731241, served by Chandpara post office; the LGD village code is 316475. The sarpanch is REKHA MAL, and the village votes in Burwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukhen Kumar Bagdi. The population is estimated at 9,764 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dunigram →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunigram · this village | 8,282 | 59% | — |
| Purbba Gopalpur · Rampurhat - II | 3,256 | 60% | — |
| Chandpara · Rampurhat - II | 3,198 | 59% | — |
| Shilgram · Rampurhat - II | 2,370 | 67% | — |
| Kayemba · Rampurhat - II | 1,677 | 59% | — |
| Harirampur · Rampurhat - II | 1,384 | 59% | — |
| Balsa · Rampurhat - II | 1,312 | 55% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dunigram
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 549.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 500.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dunigram
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dunigram
- LGD code
- 316475
- Pincode
- 731241
- Post office
- Chandpara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,282
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,764
- Households
- 2,306
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baharampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Burwan
- Member of Parliament
- Yusuf Pathan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sukhen Kumar Bagdi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REKHA MAL
- Block / Mandal
- Rampurhat - II
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731241
- ChandparaRampurhat - II mandal3,198 pop
- ShilgramRampurhat - II mandal2,370 pop
- KayembaRampurhat - II mandal1,677 pop
- HarirampurRampurhat - II mandal1,384 pop
- BalsaRampurhat - II mandal1,312 pop
- MajhiraRampurhat - II mandal1,120 pop
- KamraRampurhat - II mandal844 pop
- MotainRampurhat - II mandal836 pop
- KashipurRampurhat - II mandal770 pop
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Other villages named Dunigram
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dunigram
Other villages in Rampurhat - II mandal
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- Basoa
- Tarapur
- Hazarpur
- Tentulia
- Sandhyajal
- Khamedda
- Shaspur
- Budhigram
- Purbba Gopalpur
- Chandpara
- Chandipur
- Tapan
- Shrikrishnapur
- Shilgram
- Chhota Kanaipur
- Ninga
- Hansan
- Sahapur
- Laha
- Malpara
- Durgapur
- Podda
- Dakshin Narayanpur
- Kalidaha
- Nabagram
- Kayemba
- Santoshpur
- Kaluha
- Uttar Shibpur
- Purba Anantapur
- Ekdala
- Gaytha
- Jagadishpur
- Nima Pakhuria
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)