Ruitchak observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Ruitchak is a village in Arambag mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 765 across 183 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.7% and is located at postal code 712616.
By population, Ruitchak ranks #115 of 159 villages in Arambag mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ruitchak is a village of 765 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Arambag block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 115th-largest of 159 villages in Arambag block. Literacy is 64%, 7 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Hooghly district centre, 20 km from Pol, the nearest town, 5 km from Mayapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712616, served by Balidewanganj post office; the LGD village code is 324247. The nearest hospital or health centre is Disha Eye Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Pursurah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biman Ghosh. The population is estimated at 856 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Batanal →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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