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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Uttar Chandrail is a village in Bamangola mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 448 across 105 households. The literacy rate is 51.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONOKA HEMBRAM
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- LGD code
- 312783
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population
- 448
- Households
- 105
- Literacy rate
- 51.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 145
- Distance to district centre
- 58 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 305 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1170 km
- Nearest railway station
- Buniadpur · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nalagola Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uttar Chandrail compares
By population, Uttar Chandrail ranks #107 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.6%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Uttar Chandrail
- 51.6%
- Bamangola mandal
- 60.4%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+93 vs mandal average
- Uttar Chandrail
- 1,036
- Bamangola mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Uttar Chandrail
- 4.3
- Bamangola mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uttar Chandrail at a glance
Uttar Chandrail is a village of 448 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 107th-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Malda district centre, 36 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 8 km from Buniadpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732138, served by Pakuahat post office; the LGD village code is 312783. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nalagola Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SONOKA HEMBRAM. The population is estimated at 501 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uttar Chandrail
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 83.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uttar Chandrail
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uttar Chandrail
- LGD code
- 312783
- Pincode
- 732138
- Post office
- Pakuahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 448
- Population (projected 2026)
- 501
- Households
- 105
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 51.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.31246°N, 88.42436°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONOKA HEMBRAM
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Uttar Chandrail
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata305 kmcapital
- Delhi1170 km
- Hyderabad1354 km
- Chennai1606 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBuniadpur8 km
- Hospital / PHCNalagola Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM21 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump38 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College14 km
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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)