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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Atkula is a small village in Pandua mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 423 in 106 households. It has a literacy rate of 66.4% and PIN code 712146, located at 23.585°N, 87.873°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UJJWALA MURMU
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- LGD code
- 324801
- Pincode
- 712146
- Post office
- Ilsobamondalai
- Population
- 423
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1203 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 209
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 75 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 123 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1196 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nigan · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Khujutipara · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Atkula compares
By population, Atkula ranks #138 of 154 villages in Pandua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Atkula
- 66.4%
- Pandua mandal
- 67.5%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,203
+216 vs mandal average
- Atkula
- 1,203
- Pandua mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Atkula
- 4.0
- Pandua mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Atkula at a glance
Atkula is a village of 423 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Pandua block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 138th-largest of 154 villages in Pandua block. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,203 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Hooghly district centre, 4 km from Madda, the nearest town, 15 km from Nigan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712146, served by Ilsobamondalai post office; the LGD village code is 324801. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khujutipara, 3 km away. The sarpanch is UJJWALA MURMU, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 499 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Atkula
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 68.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Atkula
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Atkula
- LGD code
- 324801
- Pincode
- 712146
- Post office
- Ilsobamondalai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 423
- Population (projected 2026)
- 499
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1203
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.58515°N, 87.87294°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UJJWALA MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Pandua
Getting there
How to reach Atkula
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata123 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1196 km
- Delhi1202 km
- Chennai1416 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNigan15 km
- Bus stopJalpara Charaktala14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Khujutipara3 km
- ATM / bankJalpara Gramin Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil17 km
- CollegeGobindapur Sephali Memorial Primary Teacher's Training Institute14 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station17 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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