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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TULSI MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 312907
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 600
- Households
- 140
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 203
Census 2011 · in context
How Malancha compares
By population, Malancha ranks #86 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.7%
−16.7% vs mandal average
- Malancha
- 43.7%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−8 vs mandal average
- Malancha
- 935
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Malancha
- 4.3
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malancha at a glance
Malancha is a village of 600 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 86th-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 44%, 17 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312907. The sarpanch is TULSI MANDAL. The population is estimated at 707 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jagdala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malancha · this village | 600 | 44% | — |
| Gopalnagar · Bamangola | 2,106 | 47% | — |
| Chhatia · Bamangola | 1,966 | 53% | — |
| Ashrafpur · Bamangola | 1,559 | 48% | — |
| Sarmura · Bamangola | 1,456 | 58% | — |
| Pathar Jagdala · Bamangola | 1,345 | 63% | — |
| Mahadebpur · Bamangola | 1,206 | 66% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malancha
- 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)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 85.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malancha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malancha
- LGD code
- 312907
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 600
- Population (projected 2026)
- 707
- Households
- 140
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TULSI MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Malancha
Other villages in Bamangola mandal
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- Daulatpur
- Nababnagar
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- Nandinadaha
- Jaitan
- Mohammadpur
- Maharani
- Khatil
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- Adatala
- Bhangrail Palashbari
- Thinagar
- Mukuli
- Gopalnagar
- Dharmma Danga
- Dhamair
- Khoksan
- Chhatia
- Parhabi Nagar
- Harinandanbati
- Kasba
- Sujail
- Bujurkhali
- Ashrafpur
- Manuli
- Bhadreshwar
- Sarmura
- Bengnapara
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- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)