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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gurulya is a village in Bamangola mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 732 across 157 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.6% and is located at coordinates 25.154°N, 88.382°E with PIN 732138.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KSHITISH MONDAL
Contact: 86****9961
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- LGD code
- 312855
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 732
- Households
- 157
- Literacy rate
- 51.6%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 388
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 287 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1172 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deotala · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pakuahat Getanjali Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gurulya compares
By population, Gurulya ranks #71 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.6%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Gurulya
- 51.6%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
−17 vs mandal average
- Gurulya
- 926
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Gurulya
- 4.7
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gurulya at a glance
Gurulya is a village of 732 people in 157 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 71st-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Malda district centre, 18 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 16 km from Deotala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312855. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pakuahat Getanjali Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is KSHITISH MONDAL. The population is estimated at 819 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bamongola →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurulya · this village | 732 | 52% | — |
| Jethrail · Bamangola | 548 | 62% | 0.8 km SE |
| Jagsadu · Bamangola | 206 | 54% | 1.2 km S |
| Gurnagar · Bamangola | 608 | 62% | 1.5 km S |
| Gaur Nandanbati · Bamangola | 810 | 55% | 1.6 km SW |
| Machhuakandar · Bamangola | 466 | 63% | 1.9 km SE |
| Bijora · Bamangola | 497 | 57% | 2 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gurulya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 125.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gurulya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gurulya
- LGD code
- 312855
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 732
- Population (projected 2026)
- 819
- Households
- 157
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 51.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.15434°N, 88.38240°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KSHITISH MONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Gurulya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata287 kmcapital
- Delhi1172 km
- Hyderabad1340 km
- Chennai1589 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeotala16 km
- Hospital / PHCPakuahat Getanjali Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM30 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum26 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College24 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station49 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732138
Villages near Gurulya
Other villages in Bamangola mandal
View all 60+ →- Salalpur
- Khutadaha
- Daulatpur
- Nababnagar
- Mirzapur
- Bamangram
- Nandinadaha
- Jaitan
- Mohammadpur
- Maharani
- Khatil
- Paschim Lakshmi Narayanpur
- Adatala
- Bhangrail Palashbari
- Thinagar
- Mukuli
- Gopalnagar
- Dharmma Danga
- Dhamair
- Khoksan
- Chhatia
- Parhabi Nagar
- Harinandanbati
- Kasba
- Sujail
- Bujurkhali
- Ashrafpur
- Manuli
- Bhadreshwar
- Sarmura
- Bengnapara
- Jagannathpur
- Khiripara
- Pathar Jagdala
- Kuribari
- Chengna
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- 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)