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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Laxmi Tikadar Bagchi
Contact: 99****6889
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- LGD code
- 321841
- Pincode
- 741502
- Post office
- Bagula
- Population
- 876
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 260
Census 2011 · in context
How Raypur compares
By population, Raypur ranks #67 of 78 villages in Hanskhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.4%
−7.6% vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 63.4%
- Hanskhali mandal
- 71.0%
- Nadia district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
−71 vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 856
- Hanskhali mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Raypur
- 4.4
- Hanskhali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raypur at a glance
Raypur is a village of 876 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Hanskhali block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 67th-largest of 78 villages in Hanskhali block. Literacy is 63%, 8 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 741502, served by Bagula post office; the LGD village code is 321841. The sarpanch is Laxmi Tikadar Bagchi, and the village votes in Ranaghat Uttar Paschim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu). The population is estimated at 1,033 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Betna Gobindapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raypur · this village | 876 | 63% | — |
| Gobindapur · Hanskhali | 12,300 | 75% | — |
| Betna · Hanskhali | 5,633 | 69% | — |
| Dahar Buinchha · Hanskhali | 2,778 | 73% | — |
| Fulbari · Hanskhali | 1,346 | 79% | — |
| Huda Chapra · Hanskhali | 1,248 | 69% | — |
| Jhinuk Ghata · Hanskhali | 1,053 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raypur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 5
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 56.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.73
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raypur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raypur
- LGD code
- 321841
- Pincode
- 741502
- Post office
- Bagula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 876
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,033
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
- Member of Parliament
- Jagannath Sarkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Laxmi Tikadar Bagchi
- Block / Mandal
- Hanskhali
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 741502
- MuragachhaHanskhali mandal12,336 pop
- PayradandaHanskhali mandal9,710 pop
- GarapotaHanskhali mandal8,068 pop
- BhaynaHanskhali mandal7,344 pop
- Paschim HarindangaHanskhali mandal6,042 pop
- RamnagarHanskhali mandal5,235 pop
- UmarpurHanskhali mandal4,872 pop
- UlasiHanskhali mandal4,866 pop
- BayardengiHanskhali mandal4,680 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Raypur
Other villages in Hanskhali mandal
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- Muragachha
- Gobindapur
- Payradanda
- Dakshinpara
- Garapota
- Chupria
- Bhayna
- Paschim Harindanga
- Itabaria
- Gazna
- Betna
- Mamjoani
- Purba Khamar Simulia
- Ramnagar
- Hanskhali
- Umarpur
- Ulasi
- Bayardengi
- Benali
- Kaikhali
- Ber Gram
- Kautaknagar
- Patkabari
- Silbaria
- Naopukuria
- Nutangram
- Pipulbaria
- Mayurhat
- Sahapur
- Haldipara
- Dahar Buinchha
- Dalaigram
- Bajitpur
- Pandit Pur
- Parua
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)