Pratappur is a village in Balagarh mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 997 in 228 households. The village has a literacy rate of 73%, postal code 712501, and is located at 23.883°N, 87.322°E.
By population, Pratappur ranks #78 of 132 villages in Balagarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pratappur is a village of 997 people in 228 households (Census 2011) in Balagarh block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 78th-largest of 132 villages in Balagarh block. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 137 km from the Hooghly district centre, 0 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 11 km from Dubrajpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712501, served by Balagarh post office; the LGD village code is 324986. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Tapan Kumar Das, and the village votes in Pandua assembly constituency, represented by Tusar Kumar Majumdar. The population is estimated at 1,175 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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