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Uttar Phulbari is a village in Mal mandal, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. With a population of 442 across 92 households and a literacy rate of 32.6%, the village has a railway station and a restaurant.
By population, Uttar Phulbari ranks #55 of 64 villages in Mal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uttar Phulbari is a village of 442 people in 92 households (Census 2011) in Mal block, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, the 55th-largest of 64 villages in Mal block. Literacy is 33%, 23 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Jalpaiguri district centre, 15 km from Anandapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Oodlabari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 735222, served by Manabari post office; the LGD village code is 306896. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rangamati, 9 km away. The sarpanch is MOUMITA GHOSH, and the village votes in Mal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukra Munda. The population is estimated at 494 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Odlabari →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Phulbari · this village | 442 | 33% | — |
| Uttar Fulbari Khasmahal · Kalimpong -I | 0 | — | 1.2 km N |
| Manabari Tea Garden · Mal | 2,147 | 47% | 1.8 km E |
| Manabari · Mal | 1,351 | 67% | 3.7 km NE |
| Lishriver Tea Garden · Mal | 6,903 | 57% | 4 km SW |
| Chunabhati Bazar D.I.F. · Kalimpong -I | 300 | 84% | 4.4 km W |
| Ramthi Forest · Kalimpong -I | 0 | — | 4.9 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.
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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