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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marsit is a village in Pandua mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,574 and 349 households. It has a literacy rate of 69.5% and is located at 23.048°N, 88.265°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAMUNA HEMBRAM
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- LGD code
- 324842
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population
- 1,574
- Households
- 349
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 733
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 54 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1198 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pundooah · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pandua Rural Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marsit compares
By population, Marsit ranks #66 of 154 villages in Pandua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Marsit
- 69.5%
- Pandua mandal
- 67.5%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
−32 vs mandal average
- Marsit
- 955
- Pandua mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Marsit
- 4.5
- Pandua mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marsit at a glance
Marsit is a village of 1,574 people in 349 households (Census 2011) in Pandua block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 66th-largest of 154 villages in Pandua block. Literacy is 70%, 2 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Hooghly district centre, 20 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 3 km from Pundooah railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712149, served by Pandua post office; the LGD village code is 324842. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pandua Rural Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is JAMUNA HEMBRAM, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 1,761 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsit · this village | 1,574 | 70% | — |
| Kshirkundi · Pandua | 1,728 | 71% | 0.9 km N |
| Bhaira · Pandua | 2,037 | 67% | 1.6 km NW |
| Rosna · Pandua | 819 | 68% | 1.8 km SE |
| Rudrashanda · Pandua | 830 | 73% | 2.4 km SE |
| Dhamasin · Pandua | 1,293 | 64% | 2.5 km E |
| Bhuinpara · Pandua | 1,186 | 63% | 2.5 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marsit
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 206
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 132.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marsit
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marsit
- LGD code
- 324842
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,574
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,761
- Households
- 349
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.04776°N, 88.26456°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAMUNA HEMBRAM
- Block / Mandal
- Pandua
Getting there
How to reach Marsit
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata54 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1198 km
- Delhi1267 km
- Chennai1393 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPundooah3 km
- Bus stopবৈদ্যপুর রথতলা বাসস্টপ13 km
- Hospital / PHCPandua Rural Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum21 km
- CollegeChandernagore College24 km
- Police stationBizpore Police Station22 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Marsit
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Satgharia Primary SchoolSchool2.9 km ↗
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)