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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALINA SARKAR
Contact: 95****4878
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- LGD code
- 322605
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population
- 716
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 72.6%
- Sex ratio
- 884 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 362
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 72 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1245 km
- Nearest railway station
- Akaipur · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Palla Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Asurhat compares
By population, Asurhat ranks #140 of 150 villages in Bongaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.6%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Asurhat
- 72.6%
- Bongaon mandal
- 71.9%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
884
−55 vs mandal average
- Asurhat
- 884
- Bongaon mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Asurhat
- 4.1
- Bongaon mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Asurhat at a glance
Asurhat is a village of 716 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Bongaon block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 140th-largest of 150 villages in Bongaon block. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 884 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the North 24 Parganas district centre, 5 km from Khamarkalla, the nearest town, 4 km from Akaipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743251, served by Ganrapota post office; the LGD village code is 322605. The nearest hospital or health centre is Palla Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MALINA SARKAR, and the village votes in Bangaon Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swapan Majumder. The population is estimated at 801 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ganganandapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asurhat · this village | 716 | 73% | — |
| Majdob · Bongaon | 772 | 68% | 1.1 km NW |
| Dakshin Panchpota · Bongaon | 2,828 | 76% | 1.3 km E |
| Monaharpur · Bongaon | 1,222 | 59% | 1.6 km W |
| Matihara · Bongaon | 1,291 | 64% | 2.1 km SW |
| Mollahati · Bongaon | 3,430 | 69% | 2.2 km E |
| Alakulipur · Bongaon | 1,330 | 64% | 2.3 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Asurhat
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 188.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Asurhat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Asurhat
- LGD code
- 322605
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population (Census 2011)
- 716
- Population (projected 2026)
- 801
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 884
- Literacy rate
- 72.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.10641°N, 88.75485°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bangaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bangaon Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shantanu Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swapan Majumder
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALINA SARKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Bongaon
Getting there
How to reach Asurhat
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata72 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1245 km
- Delhi1307 km
- Chennai1430 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAkaipur4 km
- Bus stopHELENCHA14 km
- Hospital / PHCPalla Hospital7 km
- ATM / banke-Corner20 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum11 km
- CollegeBAGDA GOVT. ITI14 km
- Police stationGopalnagar Police Station5 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 743251
Villages near Asurhat
Other villages in Bongaon mandal
View all 60+ →- Khamarkalla
- Chhaygharia
- Kalupur
- Purana Bangaon
- Chauberia
- Kansona
- Barakpur
- Ichhlampur
- Paikpara
- Bangangram
- Manigram
- Panchita
- Palla
- Krishnachandrapur
- Kundipur
- Boaldaha
- Arsingri
- Nakful
- Bharatpur
- Bhashanpota
- Dighari
- Tengra
- Santoshpur
- Sanakpur
- Sabhaipur
- Kamdebpur
- Gobrapur
- Bhandarkola
- Sehalapara
- Polta
- Serpur
- Chalki
- Belta
- Ganrapota
- Mollahati
- Paschim Ramchandrapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)