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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONAMUNI TUDU
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- LGD code
- 312895
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 173
- Households
- 42
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1136 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 94
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 282 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1171 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahanagar · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jogomaya Polyclinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sekhpara compares
By population, Sekhpara ranks #137 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.6%
−11.8% vs mandal average
- Sekhpara
- 48.6%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,136
+193 vs mandal average
- Sekhpara
- 1,136
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sekhpara
- 4.1
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sekhpara at a glance
Sekhpara is a village of 173 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 137th-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 49%, 12 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,136 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Malda district centre, 12 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 18 km from Mahanagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312895. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jogomaya Polyclinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SONAMUNI TUDU. The population is estimated at 194 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pakuahat →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekhpara · this village | 173 | 49% | — |
| Biprabati · Bamangola | 466 | 56% | 0.6 km NW |
| Champadighi · Habibpur | 375 | 57% | 0.7 km S |
| Khiripara · Bamangola | 1,357 | 67% | 1.1 km E |
| Mukuli · Bamangola | 2,129 | 79% | 2.3 km E |
| Mahupaul · Bamangola | 310 | 56% | 2.5 km N |
| Bujurkhali · Bamangola | 1,628 | 44% | 2.3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sekhpara
- 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
- 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
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 58.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sekhpara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sekhpara
- LGD code
- 312895
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 173
- Population (projected 2026)
- 194
- Households
- 42
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1136
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.10976°N, 88.34908°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONAMUNI TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Sekhpara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata282 kmcapital
- Delhi1171 km
- Hyderabad1334 km
- Chennai1583 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahanagar18 km
- Hospital / PHCJogomaya Polyclinic2 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM35 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum21 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College30 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station43 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732138
Villages near Sekhpara
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 2026-05-07
- 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)