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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bijora is a village in Bamangola mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 497 across 109 households. It has a literacy rate of 56.7% and is located at 25.166°N, 88.367°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KSHITISH MONDAL
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- LGD code
- 312850
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 497
- Households
- 109
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 196
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 30 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 288 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1170 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deotala · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pakuahat Getanjali Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bijora compares
By population, Bijora ranks #100 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Bijora
- 56.7%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−9 vs mandal average
- Bijora
- 934
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bijora
- 4.6
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bijora at a glance
Bijora is a village of 497 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 100th-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Malda district centre, 18 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 14 km from Deotala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312850. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pakuahat Getanjali Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is KSHITISH MONDAL. The population is estimated at 556 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bijora
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 66.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bijora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bijora
- LGD code
- 312850
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 497
- Population (projected 2026)
- 556
- Households
- 109
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.16577°N, 88.36687°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KSHITISH MONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Bijora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata288 kmcapital
- Delhi1170 km
- Hyderabad1339 km
- Chennai1589 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeotala14 km
- Hospital / PHCPakuahat Getanjali Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM31 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum26 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College25 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station49 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- 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)