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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RASHNIARA KHATUN
Contact: 97****2585
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- LGD code
- 316438
- Pincode
- 731244
- Post office
- Bishnupur (Birbhum)
- Population
- 839
- Households
- 258
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 293
Census 2011 · in context
How Parkuta compares
By population, Parkuta ranks #66 of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Parkuta
- 55.5%
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
−47 vs mandal average
- Parkuta
- 898
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
3.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Parkuta
- 3.3
- Rampurhat - II mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parkuta at a glance
Parkuta is a village of 839 people in 258 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 66th-largest of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II block. Literacy is 56%, 5 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731244, served by Bishnupur (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316438. The sarpanch is RASHNIARA KHATUN, and the village votes in Burwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukhen Kumar Bagdi. The population is estimated at 989 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Margram-I →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkuta · this village | 839 | 56% | — |
| Margram · Rampurhat - II | 30,055 | 59% | — |
| Benegram · Rampurhat - II | 629 | 39% | — |
| Hatparkuta · Rampurhat - II | 272 | 66% | — |
| Goasbar · Rampurhat - II | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parkuta
- 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)
- 19
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 188.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 172
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parkuta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parkuta
- LGD code
- 316438
- Pincode
- 731244
- Post office
- Bishnupur (Birbhum)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 839
- Population (projected 2026)
- 989
- Households
- 258
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baharampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Burwan
- Member of Parliament
- Yusuf Pathan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sukhen Kumar Bagdi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RASHNIARA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Rampurhat - II
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731244
- MargramRampurhat - II mandal30,055 pop
- BasoaRampurhat - II mandal5,511 pop
- TarapurRampurhat - II mandal5,143 pop
- HazarpurRampurhat - II mandal4,634 pop
- TentuliaRampurhat - II mandal4,340 pop
- SandhyajalRampurhat - II mandal3,811 pop
- KhameddaRampurhat - II mandal3,706 pop
- ShaspurRampurhat - II mandal3,412 pop
- BudhigramRampurhat - II mandal3,259 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Parkuta
Other villages in Rampurhat - II mandal
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- Dunigram
- Bara Karttik Chungri
- 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
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)