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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Purba Ramnagar is a village in Tarakeswar mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 7,759 across 1,853 households. The village has a literacy rate of 72.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jyotsna Sil
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- LGD code
- 324471
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population
- 7,759
- Households
- 1,853
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,959
- Distance to district centre
- 7 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 47 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1166 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tarakeswar · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nilkantha Diagnostic Care Center · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Purba Ramnagar compares
By population, Purba Ramnagar ranks #2 of 90 villages in Tarakeswar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Purba Ramnagar
- 72.7%
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 72.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+17 vs mandal average
- Purba Ramnagar
- 974
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Purba Ramnagar
- 4.2
- Tarakeswar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purba Ramnagar at a glance
Purba Ramnagar is a village of 7,759 people in 1,853 households (Census 2011) in Tarakeswar block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 2nd-largest of 90 villages in Tarakeswar block. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Hooghly district centre, 23 km from Chinra, the nearest town, 3 km from Tarakeswar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712410, served by Tarakeswar post office; the LGD village code is 324471. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nilkantha Diagnostic Care Center, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Jyotsna Sil, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 8,679 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Purbaramnagar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purba Ramnagar · this village | 7,759 | 73% | — |
| Ekdalu · Tarakeswar | 461 | 77% | 1.8 km SW |
| Tyagra · Tarakeswar | 2,783 | 71% | 1.8 km E |
| Aligari · Tarakeswar | 804 | 71% | 1.9 km NE |
| Pratiharpur · Tarakeswar | 1,382 | 64% | 2.4 km SE |
| Bajitpur (P) · Tarakeswar | 2,473 | 77% | 2.7 km N |
| Bhata (P) · Tarakeswar | 1,253 | 77% | 2.9 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purba Ramnagar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 515.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 232.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purba Ramnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purba Ramnagar
- LGD code
- 324471
- Pincode
- 712410
- Post office
- Tarakeswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,759
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,679
- Households
- 1,853
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.85412°N, 88.01934°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haripal
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhumita Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jyotsna Sil
- Block / Mandal
- Tarakeswar
Getting there
How to reach Purba Ramnagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata47 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1166 km
- Delhi1257 km
- Chennai1360 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTarakeswar3 km
- Bus stopMayapur Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCNilkantha Diagnostic Care Center2 km
- ATM / bankPNB (Panjab National Bank) Tarakeswar Branch3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum15 km
- CollegeVidyasagar mahua vidyalaya22 km
- Police stationTarakeswar Police Station3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Purba Ramnagar
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Purba Ramnagar
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Tarakeswar High SchoolHigh school3.3 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712410
- SoalukPursura mandal9,196 pop
- ShyampurPursura mandal6,719 pop
- BaligariTarakeswar mandal5,845 pop
- TalpurTarakeswar mandal5,389 pop
- Bhanjipur (P)Tarakeswar mandal4,433 pop
- SantoshpurTarakeswar mandal4,063 pop
- MirzapurTarakeswar mandal3,909 pop
- Paschim GopinathpurDhaniakhali mandal3,825 pop
- LaskarpurTarakeswar mandal3,587 pop
Villages near Purba Ramnagar
Other villages in Tarakeswar mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)