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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Datpur is a village in Goghat-II mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,332 across 305 households with a literacy rate of 69.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAHARAB MONDAL
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- LGD code
- 324221
- Pincode
- 712614
- Post office
- Goghat.
- Population
- 1,332
- Households
- 305
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 471
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 79 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1131 km
- Nearest railway station
- Goghat · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ramkrishnapur Rural Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Datpur compares
By population, Datpur ranks #43 of 112 villages in Goghat - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.1%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Datpur
- 69.1%
- Goghat - II mandal
- 69.0%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
+39 vs mandal average
- Datpur
- 991
- Goghat - II mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Datpur
- 4.4
- Goghat - II mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Datpur at a glance
Datpur is a village of 1,332 people in 305 households (Census 2011) in Goghat - II block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 43rd-largest of 112 villages in Goghat - II block. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Hooghly district centre, 21 km from Pol, the nearest town, 10 km from Goghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712614, served by Goghat. post office; the LGD village code is 324221. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ramkrishnapur Rural Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SAHARAB MONDAL, and the village votes in Goghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanta Digar. The population is estimated at 1,490 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datpur · this village | 1,332 | 69% | — |
| Tehure · Goghat - II | 672 | 61% | 0.8 km N |
| Dariahar · Goghat - II | 287 | 75% | 0.8 km E |
| Debkhanda · Goghat - II | 2,510 | 65% | 1.5 km W |
| Uttar Arjungaria · Goghat - II | 0 | — | 1.6 km NE |
| Kantagarya · Goghat - II | 1,049 | 82% | 1.8 km N |
| Dakshin Arjungaria · Goghat - II | 454 | 68% | 1.7 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Datpur
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 119.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 87.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Datpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Datpur
- LGD code
- 324221
- Pincode
- 712614
- Post office
- Goghat.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,490
- Households
- 305
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.82756°N, 87.64648°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Goghat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prasanta Digar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAHARAB MONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Goghat - II
Getting there
How to reach Datpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata79 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1131 km
- Delhi1227 km
- Chennai1334 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGoghat10 km
- Bus stopপল্লীশ্রী15 km
- Hospital / PHCRamkrishnapur Rural Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankBandhan Bank16 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum14 km
- CollegeGarhbeta College31 km
- Police stationKhanakul Police Station25 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Datpur
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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Villages near Datpur
Other villages in Goghat - II mandal
View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)