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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Naratha is situated in Pingla mandal, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The village has 1,284 residents across 327 households, with a literacy rate of 83.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUBHADRA PAL
Contact: 97****7524
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- LGD code
- 342705
- Pincode
- 721155
- Post office
- Jalchak
- Population
- 1,284
- Households
- 327
- Literacy rate
- 83.9%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 597
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 78 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1104 km
- Nearest railway station
- Haur · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Medicure Nursing Home · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Naratha compares
By population, Naratha ranks #42 of 182 villages in Pingla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.9%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Naratha
- 83.9%
- Pingla mandal
- 73.8%
- Paschim Medinipur district
- 69.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
+6 vs mandal average
- Naratha
- 954
- Pingla mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Naratha
- 3.9
- Pingla mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Naratha at a glance
Naratha is a village of 1,284 people in 327 households (Census 2011) in Pingla block, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, the 42nd-largest of 182 villages in Pingla block. Literacy is 84%, 10 points above the block average of 74% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Paschim Medinipur district centre, 14 km from Sabang, the nearest town, 10 km from Haur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721155, served by Jalchak post office; the LGD village code is 342705. The nearest hospital or health centre is Medicure Nursing Home, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SUBHADRA PAL, and the village votes in Pingla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swagata Manna. The population is estimated at 1,436 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jalchak-I →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naratha · this village | 1,284 | 84% | — |
| Lakshmi Pari · Pingla | 1,856 | 82% | 1 km W |
| Beluria · Pingla | 3,689 | 81% | 1.7 km SE |
| Podima · Pingla | 1,122 | 78% | 1.8 km N |
| Chak Chandi · Pingla | 1,561 | 68% | 1.9 km E |
| Nungodar · Pingla | 1,658 | 79% | 2.1 km E |
| Nanda Bar · Pingla | 722 | 81% | 2.4 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Naratha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 139.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 108.59
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Naratha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Naratha
- LGD code
- 342705
- Pincode
- 721155
- Post office
- Jalchak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,436
- Households
- 327
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 83.9%
- Coordinates
- 22.27849°N, 87.67851°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ghatal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pingla
- Member of Parliament
- Deepak Adhikari
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swagata Manna
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUBHADRA PAL
- Block / Mandal
- Pingla
Getting there
How to reach Naratha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata78 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1104 km
- Delhi1264 km
- Chennai1288 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHaur10 km
- Bus stopBalichak16 km
- Hospital / PHCMedicure Nursing Home5 km
- ATM / bankUnited Bank of India27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- CollegeMahishadal Raj College33 km
- Police stationKharagpur Local Police Station36 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Naratha
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 721155
Villages near Naratha
Other villages in Pingla mandal
View all 60+ →- Maligram
- Jalchak
- Kshirai
- Pingla
- Dangalsa
- Pindrui
- Naya
- Beluria
- Gobardhanpur
- Naranga Dighi
- Jamna
- Barisha
- Karkai
- Ragpur
- Tungur
- Kalika Kundu
- Sut Chhara
- Jan Hat
- Mirupur
- Chhota Khelna
- Paschim Chak
- Handal
- Khirinda
- Saharda
- Keleyara
- Sahara
- Chandipur
- Lakshmi Pari
- Dhaneshwarpur Paschim Bar
- Kusumda
- Bara Khelna
- Darra
- Nungodar
- Abdulla
- Chak Chandi
- Dangra
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)