Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Major Government Push for Farmers Amid Floods and Natural Calamity: West Bengal Ranks Second Nationally in Crop Insurance
Reported by Hindusthan Samachar English.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
UR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Urmila Roy
Contact: 97****2990
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Bhaktipur can update it.
- LGD code
- 312715
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population
- 704
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 402
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhaktipur compares
By population, Bhaktipur ranks #146 of 291 villages in Gazole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.8%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Bhaktipur
- 53.8%
- Gazole mandal
- 54.1%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
−72 vs mandal average
- Bhaktipur
- 898
- Gazole mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Bhaktipur
- 3.7
- Gazole mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhaktipur at a glance
Bhaktipur is a village of 704 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Gazole block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 146th-largest of 291 villages in Gazole block. Literacy is 54%, about the same as the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 732124, served by Gajol post office; the LGD village code is 312715. The sarpanch is Urmila Roy, and the village votes in Habibpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Joyel Murmu. The population is estimated at 830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sahajadpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhaktipur · this village | 704 | 54% | — |
| Saidpur · Gazole | 4,561 | 48% | — |
| Khordahil · Gazole | 1,977 | 33% | — |
| Lakshmipur · Gazole | 1,669 | 53% | — |
| Goalnagra · Gazole | 1,661 | 44% | — |
| Sahazadpur · Gazole | 1,275 | 42% | — |
| Bhadar · Gazole | 1,251 | 40% | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhaktipur
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 110.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhaktipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhaktipur
- LGD code
- 312715
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 704
- Population (projected 2026)
- 830
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Habibpur
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Joyel Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Urmila Roy
- Block / Mandal
- Gazole
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732124
Same name, different place
Other villages named Bhaktipur
Looking for a different Bhaktipur? 3 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Bhaktipur →
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bhaktipur
Other villages in Gazole mandal
View all 60+ →- Bahirgachhi
- Kutub Sahar
- Adina
- Bade Mayna
- Arazi Deharul
- Rajaram Chak
- Mishipur
- Deotala
- Alinagar
- Raniganj
- Barijpur
- Gajol
- Saidpur
- Duba Khoksan
- Saharol
- Garail
- Arazi Jalsa
- Kailabad
- Khord Babupur
- Kismat Sultanpur
- Mayna
- Emamnagar
- Krishnapur
- Raykhandighi
- Akalpur
- Babupur
- Batijora
- Arazi Mishrabati
- Kadubari
- Mahakal Bona
- Ratul
- Paladanga
- Haridas
- Muriya Kunda
- Purba Mallikpur
- Baira Dangi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)