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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRASANTA ROY
Contact: 97****7581
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- LGD code
- 337681
- Pincode
- 721222
- Post office
- Kharar (West Midnapore)
- Population
- 987
- Households
- 207
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 397
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathra compares
By population, Pathra ranks #76 of 145 villages in Ghatal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.7%
+5.1% vs mandal average
- Pathra
- 76.7%
- Ghatal mandal
- 71.6%
- Paschim Medinipur district
- 69.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+46 vs mandal average
- Pathra
- 986
- Ghatal mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Pathra
- 4.8
- Ghatal mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathra at a glance
Pathra is a village of 987 people in 207 households (Census 2011) in Ghatal block, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, the 76th-largest of 145 villages in Ghatal block. Literacy is 77%, 5 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 721222, served by Kharar (West Midnapore) post office; the LGD village code is 337681. The sarpanch is PRASANTA ROY, and the village votes in Goghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanta Digar. The population is estimated at 1,164 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Beersingha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathra · this village | 987 | 77% | — |
| Radhanagar · Ghatal | 5,827 | 72% | — |
| Dwandbipur · Ghatal | 4,060 | 63% | — |
| Birsingha · Ghatal | 3,026 | 77% | — |
| Shyamsundarpur · Ghatal | 2,797 | 69% | — |
| Jalshara · Ghatal | 2,183 | 63% | — |
| Marichya · Ghatal | 1,695 | 71% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathra
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 19
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 55.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pathra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pathra
- LGD code
- 337681
- Pincode
- 721222
- Post office
- Kharar (West Midnapore)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 987
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,164
- Households
- 207
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Goghat
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prasanta Digar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRASANTA ROY
- Block / Mandal
- Ghatal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721222
- ErpalaGhatal mandal4,503 pop
- SultanpurGhatal mandal4,206 pop
- DwandbipurGhatal mandal4,060 pop
- KuranGhatal mandal3,242 pop
- BirsinghaGhatal mandal3,026 pop
- LakshipurChandrakona - I mandal2,939 pop
- ShyamsundarpurGhatal mandal2,797 pop
- BeurgramChandrakona - I mandal1,984 pop
- TatarpurChandrakona - I mandal1,893 pop
Same name, different place
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- Katan
- Ajabnagar
- Shyamsundarpur
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)