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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kanshpai is a village in Suri-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 758 across 188 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.5% and postal code 731102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRA TUDU
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- LGD code
- 317173
- Pincode
- 731102
- Post office
- Hatjanbazar
- Population
- 758
- Households
- 188
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 284
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 163 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1159 km
- Nearest railway station
- Siuri · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Chakdaha · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanshpai compares
By population, Kanshpai ranks #49 of 95 villages in Suri - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.5%
−6.3% vs mandal average
Kanshpai57.5%
Suri - II mandal63.8%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+33 vs mandal average
Kanshpai979
Suri - II mandal946
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Kanshpai4.0
Suri - II mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanshpai at a glance
Kanshpai is a village of 758 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Suri - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 49th-largest of 95 villages in Suri - II block. Literacy is 58%, 6 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Birbhum district centre, 23 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 7 km from Siuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731102, served by Hatjanbazar post office; the LGD village code is 317173. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Chakdaha, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SUMITRA TUDU, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 848 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanshpai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 175.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 117.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanshpai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanshpai
- LGD code
- 317173
- Pincode
- 731102
- Post office
- Hatjanbazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 758
- Population (projected 2026)
- 848
- Households
- 188
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 57.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.82843°N, 87.54363°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Labpur
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Debasis Ojha (Haku Da)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRA TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Suri - II
Getting there
How to reach Kanshpai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata163 kmcapital
- Delhi1159 km
- Hyderabad1183 km
- Chennai1419 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSiuri7 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর16 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Chakdaha8 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank9 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump9 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University22 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post37 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)