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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kumragari is a village in Haripal mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal with 703 residents across 156 households. The literacy rate stands at 63.6%. Located at 22.887°N, 88.187°E, it uses PIN code 712223.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jamirul Haque Halder
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- LGD code
- 325398
- Pincode
- 712223
- Post office
- Sheoraphuli
- Population
- 703
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 259
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 39 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1183 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chandanpur · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Porabazar Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kumragari compares
By population, Kumragari ranks #131 of 153 villages in Haripal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.6%
−7.0% vs mandal average
- Kumragari
- 63.6%
- Haripal mandal
- 70.6%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−45 vs mandal average
- Kumragari
- 937
- Haripal mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kumragari
- 4.5
- Haripal mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumragari at a glance
Kumragari is a village of 703 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Haripal block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 131st-largest of 153 villages in Haripal block. Literacy is 64%, 7 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Hooghly district centre, 17 km from Bara Kamalapur, the nearest town, 1 km from Chandanpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712223, served by Sheoraphuli post office; the LGD village code is 325398. The nearest hospital or health centre is Porabazar Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Jamirul Haque Halder, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 786 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumragari
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 58.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kumragari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kumragari
- LGD code
- 325398
- Pincode
- 712223
- Post office
- Sheoraphuli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 703
- Population (projected 2026)
- 786
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.88735°N, 88.18711°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haripal
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhumita Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jamirul Haque Halder
- Block / Mandal
- Haripal
Getting there
How to reach Kumragari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata39 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1183 km
- Delhi1270 km
- Chennai1374 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChandanpur1 km
- Bus stopBalikukhari Bus Stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCPorabazar Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank, Baruipara Branch15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum8 km
- CollegeVidyasagar mahua vidyalaya17 km
- Police stationHaripal Police Station9 km
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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)