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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Animesh Pramanik
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- LGD code
- 340327
- Pincode
- 721515
- Post office
- Silda
- Population
- 1,253
- Households
- 305
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 415
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 154 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1035 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khatkura · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chichra Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khamar Para compares
By population, Khamar Para ranks #15 of 338 villages in Jamboni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+2.8% vs mandal average
Khamar Para66.7%
Jamboni mandal63.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
+33 vs mandal average
Khamar Para998
Jamboni mandal965
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
Khamar Para4.1
Jamboni mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khamar Para at a glance
Khamar Para is a village of 1,253 people in 305 households (Census 2011) in Jamboni block, Jhargram district, West Bengal, the 15th-largest of 338 villages in Jamboni block. Literacy is 67%, 3 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Jhargram district centre, 19 km from Khatkura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721515, served by Silda post office; the LGD village code is 340327. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chichra Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Animesh Pramanik, and the village votes in Binpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Pranat Tudu. The population is estimated at 1,402 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khamar Para
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 68.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khamar Para
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khamar Para
- LGD code
- 340327
- Pincode
- 721515
- Post office
- Silda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,253
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,402
- Households
- 305
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.31243°N, 86.88834°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Binpur
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Pranat Tudu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Animesh Pramanik
- Block / Mandal
- Jamboni
Getting there
How to reach Khamar Para
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata154 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1035 km
- Delhi1197 km
- Chennai1242 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhatkura19 km
- Bus stopManusMuria Bus Stand12 km
- Hospital / PHCChichra Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India16 km
- Petrol pumpPragati Petroleum Services11 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science44 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station43 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721515
- BarashukjoraBinpur - II mandal2,285 pop
- PachapaniBinpur - II mandal2,259 pop
- OrgondaBinpur - II mandal2,005 pop
- KurchibaniBinpur - II mandal1,291 pop
- JoypurBinpur - II mandal1,266 pop
- DaishiBinpur - II mandal1,225 pop
- KankoBinpur - II mandal1,124 pop
- SahariBinpur - II mandal1,104 pop
- KhamarGopiballavpur - II mandal1,059 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)