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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Madpur is a village in Dhaniakhali mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,201 across 285 households with a literacy rate of 55.3%. The village is located at coordinates 22.091°N, 88.420°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SABINA KHATUN
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- LGD code
- 324550
- Pincode
- 712402
- Post office
- Dasghara
- Population
- 1,201
- Households
- 285
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1089 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 627
- Distance to district centre
- 93 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 104 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 54 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1163 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mathurapur Road · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mathurapur Rural Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Madpur compares
By population, Madpur ranks #101 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.3%
−13.0% vs mandal average
- Madpur
- 55.3%
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 68.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,089
+95 vs mandal average
- Madpur
- 1,089
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Madpur
- 4.2
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Madpur at a glance
Madpur is a village of 1,201 people in 285 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 101st-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 55%, 13 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,089 women per 1,000 men. It lies 93 km from the Hooghly district centre, 2 km from Uttar Kashinagar, the nearest town, 6 km from Mathurapur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712402, served by Dasghara post office; the LGD village code is 324550. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mathurapur Rural Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SABINA KHATUN, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 1,416 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Madpur
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 85.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 84.94
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Madpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Madpur
- LGD code
- 324550
- Pincode
- 712402
- Post office
- Dasghara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,201
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,416
- Households
- 285
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1089
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.09125°N, 88.41973°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanekhali
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asima Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SABINA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Dhaniakhali
Getting there
How to reach Madpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata54 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1163 km
- Chennai1322 km
- Delhi1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMathurapur Road6 km
- Hospital / PHCMathurapur Rural Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump34 km
- CollegeDDU-GKY Training Centre29 km
- Police stationDiamond Harbour Police Station26 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Madpur
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712402
- SrikrishnapurDhaniakhali mandal10,345 pop
- GopinagarDhaniakhali mandal5,424 pop
- ShrirampurDhaniakhali mandal4,170 pop
- ChautaraDhaniakhali mandal3,353 pop
- DashgharaDhaniakhali mandal3,116 pop
- ParambuaDhaniakhali mandal2,813 pop
- DighirDhaniakhali mandal2,412 pop
- BaidyapurDhaniakhali mandal2,304 pop
- Radha NagarDhaniakhali mandal1,746 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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)