Jhakari observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Jhakari
Named places of worship on record
Jhakari is a village in Singur mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, located at 22.746°N, 88.292°E with a population of 2,395 across 552 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.9% and postal code 712306.
By population, Jhakari ranks #29 of 100 villages in Singur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhakari is a village of 2,395 people in 552 households (Census 2011) in Singur block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 29th-largest of 100 villages in Singur block. Literacy is 46%, 30 points below the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Hooghly district centre, 2 km from Bara Kamalapur, the nearest town, 4 km from Janai Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712306, served by Begampur (Hooghly) post office; the LGD village code is 325548. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sramajibi Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is PUJA DAS, and the village votes in Singur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Kumar Das. The population is estimated at 2,679 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bora →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhakari · this village | 2,395 | 46% | — |
| Mollarber · Serampur Uttarpara | 6,006 | 69% | 2.2 km S |
| Bara Kamalapur · Singur | 20,047 | 70% | 2.3 km NW |
| Bangihati · Serampur Uttarpara | 3,660 | 75% | 2.4 km SE |
| Chakpota Kharia (P) · Serampur Uttarpara | 0 | — | 2.8 km N |
| Piarapur (P) · Serampur Uttarpara | 4,167 | 70% | 2.8 km NE |
| Haridharpur (P) · Serampur Uttarpara | 0 | — | 3.5 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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