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Sompur observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Baduria mandal is Baduria Ramkrishna Ashram. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sompur itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Sompur ranks #72 of 96 villages in Baduria mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sompur is a village of 1,202 people in 294 households (Census 2011) in Baduria block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 72nd-largest of 96 villages in Baduria block. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 743401, served by Baduria post office; the LGD village code is 323443. The sarpanch is SAFIKUL MONDAL, and the village votes in Baduria assembly constituency, represented by MLA Burhanul Mukaddim. The population is estimated at 1,417 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ramchandrapur Uday →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sompur · this village | 1,202 | 69% | — |
| Ramchandrapur · Baduria | 5,650 | 66% | — |
| Masia · Baduria | 2,971 | 66% | — |
| Atlia · Baduria | 2,364 | 58% | — |
| Hugle · Baduria | 2,237 | 72% | — |
| Ramchandrapur Khaspur · Baduria | 2,078 | 72% | — |
| Narikelberia · Baduria | 1,478 | 72% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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