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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Uttar Sankarpur is a village in Dhaniakhali mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,090 in 260 households and a literacy rate of 67.2%. It uses postal code 712303.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DANDICHARAN GHOSH
Contact: 97****1583
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- LGD code
- 324660
- Pincode
- 712303
- Post office
- Gurap
- Population
- 1,090
- Households
- 260
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 512
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 59 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1183 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gurap · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Palashi Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uttar Sankarpur compares
By population, Uttar Sankarpur ranks #114 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Uttar Sankarpur
- 67.2%
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 68.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−19 vs mandal average
- Uttar Sankarpur
- 975
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Uttar Sankarpur
- 4.2
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uttar Sankarpur at a glance
Uttar Sankarpur is a village of 1,090 people in 260 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 114th-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 67%, 1 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Hooghly district centre, 6 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 2 km from Gurap railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712303, served by Gurap post office; the LGD village code is 324660. The nearest hospital or health centre is Palashi Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is DANDICHARAN GHOSH, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 1,219 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gurap →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Sankarpur · this village | 1,090 | 67% | — |
| Bara Mallikpur · Dhaniakhali | 375 | 61% | 1.2 km NE |
| Benathali · Dhaniakhali | 1,352 | 66% | 1.4 km S |
| Dastanpur · Jamalpur | 1,234 | 68% | 1.5 km NW |
| Gurap · Dhaniakhali | 7,856 | 65% | 1.9 km SE |
| Satidaha · Dhaniakhali | 1,052 | 62% | 1.9 km E |
| Siromani · Jamalpur | 1,164 | 65% | 2.1 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uttar Sankarpur
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 23
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 291.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 218.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uttar Sankarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uttar Sankarpur
- LGD code
- 324660
- Pincode
- 712303
- Post office
- Gurap
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,090
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,219
- Households
- 260
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.04219°N, 88.09704°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanekhali
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asima Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DANDICHARAN GHOSH
- Block / Mandal
- Dhaniakhali
Getting there
How to reach Uttar Sankarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata59 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1183 km
- Delhi1253 km
- Chennai1382 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGurap2 km
- Bus stopBokra Bus Stand19 km
- Hospital / PHCPalashi Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India Surekalna11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum28 km
- CollegeBurdwan Dental College & Hospital33 km
- Police stationTarakeswar Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Uttar Sankarpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nandadulaljiu templeTemple1.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712303
- GurapDhaniakhali mandal7,856 pop
- BhastaraDhaniakhali mandal5,084 pop
- CheragramDhaniakhali mandal4,328 pop
- DhaniakhaliDhaniakhali mandal3,738 pop
- PalasiDhaniakhali mandal3,618 pop
- BelmuriDhaniakhali mandal2,836 pop
- GhoshlaDhaniakhali mandal2,355 pop
- GurbariDhaniakhali mandal1,898 pop
- DedharaDhaniakhali mandal1,706 pop
Villages near Uttar Sankarpur
Other villages in Dhaniakhali mandal
View all 60+ →- Srikrishnapur
- Gurap
- Mandara
- Bhandarhati
- Gopinagar
- Bhastara
- Cheragram
- Shrirampur
- Samaspur
- Paschim Gopinathpur
- Dhaniakhali
- Mreja Nagar
- Rajipur
- Palasi
- Bishnupur
- Chautara
- Gangeshnagar
- Kumrul
- Rameswarbati
- Dashghara
- Paschim Narayanpur
- Konan
- Belmuri
- Chopa
- Parambua
- Rudrani
- Barul
- Khanpur
- Habibpur
- Dhamaitikar
- Khajurdaha
- Gete Gari
- Purba Kalikapur
- Dighir
- Ghoshla
- Baidyapur
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)