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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIMA MAHATA
Contact: 98****9506
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- LGD code
- 338821
- Pincode
- 721147
- Post office
- Shalboni
- Population
- 500
- Households
- 116
- Literacy rate
- 68.4%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 281
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathra compares
By population, Pathra ranks #130 of 528 villages in Salbani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.4%
+2.7% vs mandal average
Pathra68.4%
Salbani mandal65.7%
Paschim Medinipur district69.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−44 vs mandal average
Pathra938
Salbani mandal982
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
Pathra4.3
Salbani mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathra at a glance
Pathra is a village of 500 people in 116 households (Census 2011) in Salbani block, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, the 130th-largest of 528 villages in Salbani block. Literacy is 68%, 3 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 721147, served by Shalboni post office; the LGD village code is 338821. The sarpanch is SIMA MAHATA, and the village votes in Medinipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sankar Kumar Guchhait. The population is estimated at 590 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathra
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 76.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.09
- 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
- 338821
- Pincode
- 721147
- Post office
- Shalboni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 500
- Population (projected 2026)
- 590
- Households
- 116
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 68.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Medinipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Medinipur
- Member of Parliament
- June Malia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sankar Kumar Guchhait
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIMA MAHATA
- Block / Mandal
- Salbani
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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