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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Norri is a village in Nayagram mandal, Jhargram district, West Bengal, located at 21.922°N, 87.051°E. The village has a population of 535 persons across 119 households with a literacy rate of 63.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUBODH MURMU
Contact: 62****1127
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- LGD code
- 340994
- Pincode
- 721135
- Post office
- Kultikri
- Population
- 535
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1058 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 317
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 153 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1029 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajghat · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Baligeria Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Norri compares
By population, Norri ranks #91 of 336 villages in Nayagram mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
+7.4% vs mandal average
- Norri
- 63.2%
- Nayagram mandal
- 55.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,058
+70 vs mandal average
- Norri
- 1,058
- Nayagram mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Norri
- 4.5
- Nayagram mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Norri at a glance
Norri is a village of 535 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Nayagram block, Jhargram district, West Bengal, the 91st-largest of 336 villages in Nayagram block. Literacy is 63%, 7 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Jhargram district centre, 38 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 20 km from Rajghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721135, served by Kultikri post office; the LGD village code is 340994. The nearest hospital or health centre is Baligeria Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SUBODH MURMU, and the village votes in Nayagram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amiya Kisku. The population is estimated at 598 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chandrarekha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norri · this village | 535 | 63% | — |
| Bam Diha · Nayagram | 310 | 48% | 1 km W |
| Nagri Pada · Nayagram | 1,085 | 64% | 1.2 km SW |
| Jhagari · Nayagram | 779 | 65% | 1.6 km E |
| Dhobani Sol · Nayagram | 370 | 50% | 1.8 km SE |
| Keshar Rekha · Nayagram | 265 | 49% | 2 km N |
| Rakhal Ban · Nayagram | 98 | 43% | 2.2 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Norri
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 174.19
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 74
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Norri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Norri
- LGD code
- 340994
- Pincode
- 721135
- Post office
- Kultikri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 535
- Population (projected 2026)
- 598
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1058
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.92228°N, 87.05134°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nayagram
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amiya Kisku
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUBODH MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Nayagram
Getting there
How to reach Norri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata153 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1029 km
- Chennai1217 km
- Delhi1237 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajghat20 km
- Hospital / PHCBaligeria Hospital6 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science51 km
- Police stationTown Police Station Balasore49 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721135
- Bachhur KhoyarNayagram mandal2,765 pop
- Kalma PukhuriaNayagram mandal2,724 pop
- NayagramNayagram mandal2,300 pop
- Kharika MathaniNayagram mandal2,002 pop
- Kamala PurNayagram mandal1,924 pop
- TuphriaNayagram mandal1,523 pop
- Gohal DihaNayagram mandal1,398 pop
- RamkrishnapurNayagram mandal1,379 pop
- Kurchi BaniNayagram mandal1,323 pop
Villages near Norri
Other villages in Nayagram mandal
View all 60+ →- Khasjangal
- Bachhur Khoyar
- Kalma Pukhuria
- Dol Gram
- Nayagram
- Kharika Mathani
- Kamala Pur
- Dhumsai
- Tuphria
- Dhoba Gobindapur
- Gohal Diha
- Ramkrishnapur
- Kurchi Bani
- Bara Ningui
- Ghora Taria
- Garkhelar
- Baradhan Sola
- Shital Pura
- Jugisol
- Nimai Nagar
- Kul Diha
- Nara Singha Pur
- Nagri Pada
- Bhalia Ghati
- Chandal Bandh(Chamar Bandh)
- Pukhuria
- Chhota Jharia
- Dahi
- Malam
- Dumuria
- Chandabila
- Mara Pada
- Kadam Diha
- Biswa Nath Pur
- Bara Sol
- Deulbar
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)