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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAJANI PAHARIYA
Contact: 86****0950
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- LGD code
- 313286
- Pincode
- 732141
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Malda)
- Population
- 534
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 29.2%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 356
Census 2011 · in context
How Mostafapur compares
By population, Mostafapur ranks #62 of 115 villages in Maldah (Old) mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.2%
−20.8% vs mandal average
- Mostafapur
- 29.2%
- Maldah (Old) mandal
- 50.0%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−16 vs mandal average
- Mostafapur
- 935
- Maldah (Old) mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mostafapur
- 4.6
- Maldah (Old) mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mostafapur at a glance
Mostafapur is a village of 534 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Maldah (Old) block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 62nd-largest of 115 villages in Maldah (Old) block. Literacy is 29%, 21 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 732141, served by Narayanpur (Malda) post office; the LGD village code is 313286. The sarpanch is SAJANI PAHARIYA. The population is estimated at 630 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jatradanga →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostafapur · this village | 534 | 29% | — |
| Jatradanga · Maldah (Old) | 3,740 | 75% | — |
| Mahammadpur · Maldah (Old) | 2,840 | 54% | — |
| Meherpur · Maldah (Old) | 1,877 | 56% | — |
| Kuchinda · Maldah (Old) | 1,799 | 62% | — |
| Popra · Maldah (Old) | 1,687 | 54% | — |
| Briddhi Kamancha · Maldah (Old) | 1,226 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mostafapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 123.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mostafapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mostafapur
- LGD code
- 313286
- Pincode
- 732141
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Malda)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 534
- Population (projected 2026)
- 630
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 29.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAJANI PAHARIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Maldah (Old)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732141
- KaluariMaldah (Old) mandal7,024 pop
- AradpurMaldah (Old) mandal4,174 pop
- JatradangaMaldah (Old) mandal3,740 pop
- MeherpurMaldah (Old) mandal1,877 pop
- PopraMaldah (Old) mandal1,687 pop
- KamanchaMaldah (Old) mandal1,460 pop
- Briddhi KamanchaMaldah (Old) mandal1,226 pop
- ChaitaMaldah (Old) mandal987 pop
- Dakshin BhatraMaldah (Old) mandal958 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Mostafapur
Looking for a different Mostafapur? 4 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Mostafapur →
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Mostafapur
Other villages in Maldah (Old) mandal
View all 60+ →- Mabarakpur
- Kaluari
- Mahish Bathani
- Muchia
- Morgram
- Aradpur
- Balarampur
- Barkol
- Jatradanga
- Adampur
- Kadirpur
- Nageshwarpur
- Mahammadpur
- Memua
- Khaihata (P)
- Rahutgaon
- Rasiladaha (P)
- Meherpur
- Kadamtali
- Kuchinda
- Sujapur
- Mahajib Nagar
- Popra
- Santipur
- Nityanandapur
- Kamancha
- Sakarmma
- Saiyadpur
- Mandilpur
- Goalpara
- Dhalsana
- Jadupur
- Jotgobinda
- Briddhi Kamancha
- Sahara
- Basudebpur
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)