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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ganesh Mandi
Contact: 74****6350
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- LGD code
- 324924
- Pincode
- 712512
- Post office
- Guptipara
- Population
- 1,183
- Households
- 289
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 633
Census 2011 · in context
How Ilampur compares
By population, Ilampur ranks #62 of 132 villages in Balagarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.5%
−18.6% vs mandal average
- Ilampur
- 50.5%
- Balagarh mandal
- 69.1%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+49 vs mandal average
- Ilampur
- 1,008
- Balagarh mandal
- 959
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Ilampur
- 4.1
- Balagarh mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ilampur at a glance
Ilampur is a village of 1,183 people in 289 households (Census 2011) in Balagarh block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 62nd-largest of 132 villages in Balagarh block. Literacy is 51%, 19 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712512, served by Guptipara post office; the LGD village code is 324924. The sarpanch is Ganesh Mandi, and the village votes in Pandua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tusar Kumar Majumdar. The population is estimated at 1,395 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ilampur
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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)
- 151.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 112.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ilampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ilampur
- LGD code
- 324924
- Pincode
- 712512
- Post office
- Guptipara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,395
- Households
- 289
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pandua
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tusar Kumar Majumdar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ganesh Mandi
- Block / Mandal
- Balagarh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712512
- KrishnabatiBalagarh mandal6,070 pop
- Aida KismatBalagarh mandal4,843 pop
- Nutan Char KrishnabatiBalagarh mandal4,715 pop
- SultanpurBalagarh mandal3,133 pop
- IchhapuraBalagarh mandal2,490 pop
- BankipurBalagarh mandal2,285 pop
- FatepurBalagarh mandal2,203 pop
- GuptiparaBalagarh mandal2,169 pop
- AbdulpurBalagarh mandal2,157 pop
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)