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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHARATI MALIK
Contact: 97****6916
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- LGD code
- 325227
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population
- 706
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 888 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 412
Census 2011 · in context
How Krishnapur compares
By population, Krishnapur ranks #138 of 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Krishnapur
- 71.5%
- Polba - Dadpur mandal
- 67.7%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
888
−84 vs mandal average
- Krishnapur
- 888
- Polba - Dadpur mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Krishnapur
- 3.7
- Polba - Dadpur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Krishnapur at a glance
Krishnapur is a village of 706 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Polba - Dadpur block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 138th-largest of 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur block. Literacy is 72%, 4 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 888 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712149, served by Pandua post office; the LGD village code is 325227. The sarpanch is BHARATI MALIK, and the village votes in Saptagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swaraj Ghosh. The population is estimated at 832 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dadpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishnapur · this village | 706 | 72% | — |
| Puinan · Polba - Dadpur | 4,449 | 72% | — |
| Banshdarun · Polba - Dadpur | 1,705 | 72% | — |
| Hanral · Polba - Dadpur | 1,447 | 72% | — |
| Dakshin Dadpur · Polba - Dadpur | 1,319 | 75% | — |
| Samsara · Polba - Dadpur | 1,165 | 70% | — |
| Sekendarpur · Polba - Dadpur | 1,142 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Krishnapur
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 85.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Krishnapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Krishnapur
- LGD code
- 325227
- Pincode
- 712149
- Post office
- Pandua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 706
- Population (projected 2026)
- 832
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 888
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saptagram
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swaraj Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHARATI MALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Polba - Dadpur
Same pincode
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- Rajhat
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- Meghsar
- Beta
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)