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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gobrapur is a village in Bongaon mandal, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. It has a population of 3,912 across 977 households with a literacy rate of 81.9%. The village is located at coordinates 23.129°N, 88.815°E and has PIN code 743251.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dulal Chandra Majhi
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- LGD code
- 322545
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population
- 3,912
- Households
- 977
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,297
- Distance to district centre
- 47 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 77 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1252 km
- Nearest railway station
- Satberia Halt · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sundarpur Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gobrapur compares
By population, Gobrapur ranks #27 of 150 villages in Bongaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.9%
+10.0% vs mandal average
- Gobrapur
- 81.9%
- Bongaon mandal
- 71.9%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
−12 vs mandal average
- Gobrapur
- 927
- Bongaon mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gobrapur
- 4.0
- Bongaon mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gobrapur at a glance
Gobrapur is a village of 3,912 people in 977 households (Census 2011) in Bongaon block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 27th-largest of 150 villages in Bongaon block. Literacy is 82%, 10 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the North 24 Parganas district centre, 10 km from Khamarkalla, the nearest town, 9 km from Satberia Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743251, served by Ganrapota post office; the LGD village code is 322545. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sundarpur Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Dulal Chandra Majhi, and the village votes in Bangaon Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swapan Majumder. The population is estimated at 4,376 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gobrapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 11
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 161.65
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 126.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gobrapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gobrapur
- LGD code
- 322545
- Pincode
- 743251
- Post office
- Ganrapota
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,912
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,376
- Households
- 977
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 81.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.12884°N, 88.81455°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bangaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bangaon Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shantanu Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swapan Majumder
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dulal Chandra Majhi
- Block / Mandal
- Bongaon
Getting there
How to reach Gobrapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata77 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1252 km
- Delhi1311 km
- Chennai1435 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSatberia Halt9 km
- Bus stopHELENCHA8 km
- Hospital / PHCSundarpur Rural Hospital4 km
- ATM / banke-Corner23 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum10 km
- CollegeBAGDA GOVT. ITI8 km
- Police stationBAGDA POLICE STATION8 km
Same pincode
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- Manigram
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- Bhashanpota
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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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)