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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jayer is a village in Pandua mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,092 across 475 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.4% and is located at coordinates 23.016°N, 88.220°E, with PIN code 712152.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JOYNOBA KHATUN
Contact: 70****6990
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- LGD code
- 324835
- Pincode
- 712152
- Post office
- Rameswarpur
- Population
- 2,092
- Households
- 475
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,153
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 51 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1193 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pundooah · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Daspur Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jayer compares
By population, Jayer ranks #41 of 154 villages in Pandua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
+2.9% vs mandal average
- Jayer
- 70.4%
- Pandua mandal
- 67.5%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
−8 vs mandal average
- Jayer
- 979
- Pandua mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jayer
- 4.4
- Pandua mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jayer at a glance
Jayer is a village of 2,092 people in 475 households (Census 2011) in Pandua block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 41st-largest of 154 villages in Pandua block. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Hooghly district centre, 17 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 8 km from Pundooah railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712152, served by Rameswarpur post office; the LGD village code is 324835. The nearest hospital or health centre is Daspur Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is JOYNOBA KHATUN, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 2,340 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayer · this village | 2,092 | 70% | — |
| Narikelsanra · Pandua | 1,041 | 70% | 1.1 km N |
| Mairari · Pandua | 759 | 69% | 2 km E |
| Sachitara · Pandua | 2,544 | 64% | 2.1 km NE |
| Kamtai · Pandua | 1,935 | 69% | 2.2 km E |
| Bakkeshwar · Polba - Dadpur | 1,083 | 66% | 2.6 km W |
| Meghsar · Polba - Dadpur | 2,673 | 62% | 3 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jayer
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 254.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 216.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jayer
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jayer
- LGD code
- 324835
- Pincode
- 712152
- Post office
- Rameswarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,092
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,340
- Households
- 475
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.01594°N, 88.21987°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JOYNOBA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Pandua
Getting there
How to reach Jayer
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata51 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1193 km
- Delhi1265 km
- Chennai1387 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPundooah8 km
- Bus stopBalikukhari Bus Stop10 km
- Hospital / PHCDaspur Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum22 km
- CollegeChandernagore College23 km
- Police stationHaripal Police Station23 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)