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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chitrangapur is a village in Bongaon mandal, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, with a population of 875 across 209 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.2% and is located at coordinates 23.131°N, 88.743°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALINA SARKAR
Contact: 95****4878
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- LGD code
- 322590
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population
- 875
- Households
- 209
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 277
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 73 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1245 km
- Nearest railway station
- Akaipur · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Palla Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitrangapur compares
By population, Chitrangapur ranks #131 of 150 villages in Bongaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.2%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Chitrangapur
- 74.2%
- Bongaon mandal
- 71.9%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−24 vs mandal average
- Chitrangapur
- 915
- Bongaon mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Chitrangapur
- 4.2
- Bongaon mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitrangapur at a glance
Chitrangapur is a village of 875 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Bongaon block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 131st-largest of 150 villages in Bongaon block. Literacy is 74%, 2 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the North 24 Parganas district centre, 8 km from Khamarkalla, the nearest town, 5 km from Akaipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743251, served by Ganrapota post office; the LGD village code is 322590. The nearest hospital or health centre is Palla Hospital, 10 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 979 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ganganandapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitrangapur · this village | 875 | 74% | — |
| Arsali · Bongaon | 254 | 84% | 1 km N |
| Balianpur · Bongaon | 1,878 | 67% | 1.1 km SW |
| Ambikapur Mamudpur · Bongaon | 3,248 | 72% | 1.4 km E |
| Saishpur · Bongaon | 1,603 | 55% | 1.7 km SW |
| Majdob · Bongaon | 772 | 68% | 2 km S |
| Kuchiamora · Bongaon | 975 | 67% | 1.9 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitrangapur
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 83.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitrangapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitrangapur
- LGD code
- 322590
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population (Census 2011)
- 875
- Population (projected 2026)
- 979
- Households
- 209
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.13089°N, 88.74321°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 Chitrangapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata73 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1245 km
- Delhi1304 km
- Chennai1431 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAkaipur5 km
- Bus stopHELENCHA13 km
- Hospital / PHCPalla Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank23 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum13 km
- CollegeBAGDA GOVT. ITI13 km
- Police stationGopalnagar Police Station8 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 743251
Villages near Chitrangapur
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 2026-05-09
- 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)