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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kanat is a village in Gazole mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,173 across 235 households and a literacy rate of 45.3%. Located at 25.151°N, 88.195°E, the village uses postal code 732124.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
FULMANI MURMU
Contact: 80****2992
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- LGD code
- 312536
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population
- 1,173
- Households
- 235
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 758
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 287 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1155 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gazole · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pandua Parthomick Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanat compares
By population, Kanat ranks #89 of 291 villages in Gazole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.3%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Kanat
- 45.3%
- Gazole mandal
- 54.1%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+39 vs mandal average
- Kanat
- 1,009
- Gazole mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kanat
- 5.0
- Gazole mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanat at a glance
Kanat is a village of 1,173 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Gazole block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 89th-largest of 291 villages in Gazole block. Literacy is 45%, 9 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Malda district centre, 13 km from Jot Basanta, the nearest town, 8 km from Gazole railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732124, served by Gajol post office; the LGD village code is 312536. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pandua Parthomick Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is FULMANI MURMU, and the village votes in Habibpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Joyel Murmu. The population is estimated at 1,312 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanat · this village | 1,173 | 45% | — |
| Majlisbag · Gazole | 843 | 60% | 0.8 km W |
| Homdighi · Gazole | 781 | 28% | 1.2 km S |
| Bhabanikota · Gazole | 291 | 55% | 1.3 km E |
| Purba Binodpur · Gazole | 1,312 | 58% | 1.5 km NW |
| Parahar · Gazole | 1,478 | 44% | 2.3 km SE |
| Dhalsana · Maldah (Old) | 1,253 | 39% | 2.6 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanat
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- 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)
- 166.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanat
- LGD code
- 312536
- Pincode
- 732124
- Post office
- Gajol
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,173
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,312
- Households
- 235
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.15148°N, 88.19506°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Habibpur
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Joyel Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- FULMANI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Gazole
Getting there
How to reach Kanat
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata287 kmcapital
- Delhi1155 km
- Hyderabad1325 km
- Chennai1578 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGazole8 km
- Hospital / PHCPandua Parthomick Hospital5 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum14 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College41 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station37 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732124
Villages near Kanat
Other villages in Gazole mandal
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- Bade Mayna
- Arazi Deharul
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- 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)